Astrolabe
[æstrәleib]
Definition
(n.) An instrument for observing or showing the positions of the stars. It is now disused.
(n.) A stereographic projection of the sphere on the plane of a great circle, as the equator, or a meridian; a planisphere.
Edited by Harold
Definition
n. an instrument for measuring the altitudes of the sun or stars now superseded by Hadley's quadrant and sextant.
Checked by Curtis
Examples
- The place is stored with great variety of sextants, quadrants, telescopes, astrolabes, and other astronomical instruments. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
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