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saetta

Pronunciation: /saˈet.ta/

“saetta” is an Italian word. Its 11 meanings in English:

noun

  1. arrow
  2. sunbeam, ray or shaft (of sunlight)
  3. hand (of a clock)
  4. lancet (surgical tool)
  5. a pointed iron tool
  6. a pyramid-shaped drill bit
  7. sagitta (distance from a point in a curve to the chord)
  8. a strut of a truss
  9. a very quick person or thing; a very restless person
  10. nothing, anything
  11. arrowhead (the plant Sagittaria sagittifolia)

In Italian

  1. scarica elettrica di grandi dimensioni nell'atmosfera, che avviene tra nuvola e suolo a causa della notevole differenza di potenziale elettrico

Etymology

From Latin sagitta (“arrow”).

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