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A dim spring constellation of the southern sky. It lies between Aquarius and Phoenix and lies in the direction of the southern pole of the Milky Way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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noun
A person who sculpts; an artist who produces sculpture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix and Cetus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: constellation
noun
an artist who creates sculptures
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sculpturer, carver, statue maker
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Broader terms: artist, creative person
Narrower terms: sculptress, Praxiteles, Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, Brancusi, Constantin Brancusi, Calder, Alexander Calder, Cellini, Benvenuto Cellini, Crawford, Thomas Crawford, Donatello, Donato di Betto Bardi, Epstein, Jacob Epstein, Sir Jacob Epstein, French, Daniel Chester French, Giacometti, Alberto Giacometti, Hepworth, Barbara Hepworth, Dame Barbara Hepworth, Hoffman, Malvina Hoffman, Lachaise, Gaston Lachaise, Leonardo, Leonardo da Vinci, da Vinci, Lin, Maya Lin, Lipchitz, Jacques Lipchitz, Lysippus, Maillol, Aristide Maillol, Michelangelo, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Modigliani, Amedeo Modigliano, Moore, Henry Moore, Henry Spencer Moore, Nevelson, Louise Nevelson, Noguchi, Isamu Noguchi, Oldenburg, Claes Oldenburg, Claes Thure Oldenburg, Phidias, Pheidias, Picasso, Pablo Picasso, Rodin, Auguste Rodin, Francois Auguste Rene Rodin, Segal, George Segal, Smith, David Smith, David Roland Smith, Taft, Lorado Taft
History
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. Originally called Apparātus Scūlptoris, Latin for "sculptor's apparatus" but later shortened.
Borrowed from Latin sculptor, equivalent to sculpt + -or.
Across languages
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