archipendulum
archipendulum noun: an ancient device used to measure angles, consisting of an A-shaped device with a plumbline attached to the top vertex and a mark on the midpoint of the crossbar.
Noun
archipendulum (plural archipendulums or archipendula)
- An ancient device used to measure angles, consisting of an A-shaped device with a plumbline attached to the top vertex and a mark on the midpoint of the crossbar.
- ETHICKS is represented in painting by a lady of a sober, grave aspect, holding the instrument archipendulum in one hand, with the other a lion bridled.1735, John Barrow, Dictionarium Polygraphicum
- Alberti's equilibra, which he uses first for the levelling of water and later for the weighing of small objects, is really a makeshift archipendulum.2010, Kim Williams, Lionel March, Stephen R. Wassell, The Mathematical Works of Leon Battista Alberti, page 107
Forms of archipendulum
| plural | archipendulums |
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| plural | archipendula |
Origin of archipendulum
From archi- + pendulum.
Questions about archipendulum
- What does archipendulum mean?
- Archipendulum means an ancient device used to measure angles, consisting of an A-shaped device with a plumbline attached to the top vertex and a mark on the midpoint of the crossbar.
- What part of speech is archipendulum?
- Archipendulum is a noun.
- What is the plural of archipendulum?
- The plural of archipendulum is archipendulums.
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