English Explanatory Dictionary

mesolabe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An ancient instrument for finding two mean proportionals between two given lines, required in solving the problem of the duplication of the cube.

Word forms

mesolabe mesolabes

Etymology

From Latin mesolabium, from Ancient Greek μεσόλαβος (mesólabos).

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