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cosmosphere

cosmosphere noun: an apparatus from the 19th century for showing the position of the Earth in relation to the stars, consisting of a hollow glass globe marked with stars and constellations, surrounding a terrestrial globe.

Noun

cosmosphere (plural cosmospheres)

  1. An apparatus from the 19th century for showing the position of the Earth in relation to the stars, consisting of a hollow glass globe marked with stars and constellations, surrounding a terrestrial globe.

Forms of cosmosphere

pluralcosmospheres

Origin of cosmosphere

From cosmo- + -sphere.

Questions about cosmosphere

What does cosmosphere mean?
Cosmosphere means an apparatus from the 19th century for showing the position of the Earth in relation to the stars, consisting of a hollow glass globe marked with stars and constellations, surrounding a terrestrial globe.
What part of speech is cosmosphere?
Cosmosphere is a noun.
What is the plural of cosmosphere?
The plural of cosmosphere is cosmospheres.

Words near cosmosphere in the dictionary

  1. cosmoritas
  2. cosmos
  3. cosmoses
  4. cosmosophy
  5. Cosmospeak
  6. cosmosphere
  7. cosmospheres
  8. cosmotheism
  9. cosmotheist
  10. cosmotheistic
  11. cosmotheists

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