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lituusnoun
A military trumpet.
lituusnoun
A curve with polar equation , where a is a constant.
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Lituus
The word lituus originally meant a curved augural staff, or a curved war-trumpet in the ancient Latin language. This Latin word continued in use through the 18th century as an alternative to the vernacular names of various musical instruments.
Webster Dictionary
Lituusnoun
a curved staff used by the augurs in quartering the heavens
Lituusnoun
an instrument of martial music; a kind of trumpet of a somewhat curved form and shrill note
Lituusnoun
a spiral whose polar equation is r2/ = a; that is, a curve the square of whose radius vector varies inversely as the angle which the radius vector makes with a given line
Etymology: [L.]
Wikidata
Lituus
The word lituus originally meant a curved augural staff or a curved war-trumpet in the ancient Latin language. In English it is used with several meanings.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Lituus
li-tū′us, n. an augur's staff with recurved top: a spiral of similar form.—adjs. Lit′uāte, forked with the points turned outward; Lit′uiform. [L.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of lituus in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of lituus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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