cosmolabe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies.

Word forms

cosmolabe cosmolabes

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “world, universe”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).

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