English Explanatory Dictionary

celatone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A device invented by Galileo Galilei to observe Jupiter's moons with the purpose of finding longitude on Earth. It took the form of a piece of headgear with a telescope taking the place of an eyehole.

Word forms

celatone celatones
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