virgula

Noun

Meaning

(zoology) A small, thin, straight growth, particularly:
(obsolete) The spines of a ray.

(obsolete) The sicula of a graptolite.

(obsolete) A divining or dowsing rod.

(rare) Any small rod.

(typography, rare) Synonym of virgule: a punctuation mark.

(music, obsolete) Synonym of stem: the tail of a note.

(music, historical, obsolete) Synonym of virga: one of the neumes of medieval musical notation.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

A Y- or L-shaped twig or rod, called a dowsing rod, divining rod (Latin: virgula divina or baculus divinatorius), a "vining rod" or witching rod is sometimes used during dowsing, although some dowsers use other equipment or no equipment at all. Source: Internet

He then suggested a system of sub-units, dividing successively by factors of ten into the centuria, decuria, virga, virgula, decima, centesima, and millesima. Source: Internet

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