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cosmolabe

cosmolabe noun: an instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies.

Noun

cosmolabe (plural cosmolabes)

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

Forms of cosmolabe

pluralcosmolabes

Origin of cosmolabe

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

Questions about cosmolabe

What does cosmolabe mean?
Cosmolabe means an instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies.
What part of speech is cosmolabe?
Cosmolabe is a noun.
What is the plural of cosmolabe?
The plural of cosmolabe is cosmolabes.

Words near cosmolabe in the dictionary

  1. cosmography
  2. cosmoi
  3. cosmoid
  4. cosmokinematic
  5. cosmokinematics
  6. cosmolabe
  7. cosmolabes
  8. cosmolater
  9. cosmolaters
  10. cosmolatry
  11. cosmoline

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