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Definition of Sagitta

Sagitta
Sagitta Sa*git"ta, n. [L., an arrow.] 1. (Astron.) A small constellation north of Aquila; the Arrow. 2. (Arch.) The keystone of an arch. [R.] --Gwilt. 3. (Geom.) The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; -- so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string. [Obs.] 4. (Anat.) The larger of the two otoliths, or ear bones, found in most fishes. 5. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of transparent, free-swimming marine worms having lateral and caudal fins, and capable of swimming rapidly. It is the type of the class Ch[ae]tognatha.

Meaning of Sagitta from wikipedia

- Sagitta is a dim but distinctive constellation in the northern sky. Its name is Latin for 'arrow', not to be confused with the significantly larger constellation...
- The Airbus Sagitta from Airbus Defence and Space is a jet powered UAV research demonstrator, developed in cooperation with German research institutes...
- In geometry, the sagitta (sometimes abbreviated as sag) of a circular arc is the distance from the midpoint of the arc to the midpoint of its chord. It...
- glacialis Sagitta izuensis Sagitta kussakini Sagitta modesta Sagitta nagae Sagitta nutana Sagitta pulchra Sagitta sceptrum Sagitta setosa Sagitta sublica...
- up sagitta in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sagitta is a constellation, named after the Latin word for arrow. Sagitta may also refer to: Sagitta (arrowworm)...
- "Podisus sagitta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24. "Podisus sagitta". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24. "Podisus sagitta species...
- The Walter Sagitta was a Czechoslovakian, air-cooled, inverted V-12 engine that first ran in 1937. This was one of several smaller, low-m**** medium power...
- of Sagitta bipunctata. The term "chaetognath" has been coined in 1856 by Rudolf Leuckart. He was also the first to propose that the genus Sagitta belonged...
- Orthetrum sagitta is a freshwater dragonfly species present in Africa. Its appearance is confirmed only in Sierra Leone, the records from Chad, Egypt...
- Sagitta (AK-87) was never commissioned and thus never bore the USS designation. The ship, contracted as the United States Maritime Commission MV Moses...