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sagitta

/səˈd͡ʒɪt.ə/UK/səˈd͡ʒɪt.ə/

sagitta noun: the keystone of an arch.

Noun

sagitta (plural sagittas or (arrowworm) sagittae)

  1. The keystone of an arch.
  2. 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.
  3. The larger of the two otoliths, or earbones, found in most fishes.
  4. Any arrowworm, of the genus Sagitta.

Proper noun capitalized: Sagitta

Sagitta

  1. A small autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an arrow. It lies between the constellations of Vulpecula and Aquila.

sagitta meaning in Tamil

sagitta in Tamil

அம்பு

Forms of sagitta

pluralsagittas
plural error-unknown-tagsagittae

Origin of sagitta

Borrowing from Latin sagitta (“an arrow, shaft, bolt”).

Borrowing from Latin Sagitta (“the Arrow”), from sagitta (“an arrow, shaft, bolt”).

Words that rhyme with sagitta

Questions about sagitta

What does sagitta mean?
Sagitta means the keystone of an arch.
What is sagitta in Tamil?
Sagitta in Tamil is அம்பு. See Sagitta meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sagitta?
Sagitta can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce sagitta?
Sagitta is pronounced /səˈd͡ʒɪt.ə/.
What is the plural of sagitta?
The plural of sagitta is sagittas.

Words near sagitta in the dictionary

  1. Saginaw
  2. Saginaw County
  3. saging
  4. Saginor
  5. sagitally
  6. sagitta
  7. sagittae
  8. sagittal
  9. sagittal crest
  10. sagittal crests
  11. sagittal plane

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sagitta (page history and authors); Sagitta (page history and authors); sagitta (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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