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Origin and Etymology of horologium
Latin
Horologium
Definition of Horologium
astronomy
: a southern constellation that is visible between the constellations of Eridanus and Dorado and that is represented by the figure of a pendulum clock
- Last October, over two remarkable days, scientists saw four gamma ray bursts coming from the same place, a spot beyond the Southern Hemisphere constellation Horologium—The Clock.
- —Peter Kendall, Chicago Tribune, 18 Dec. 1996
First Known Use of horologium
1813
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