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mesolabe

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

Noun

mesolabe (plural mesolabes)

  1. (historical) An ancient instrument for finding two mean proportionals between two given lines, required in solving the problem of the duplication of the cube.
    • In the second part, by means of the monochord, and an instrument called the Mesolabe, he measures and ascertains the intervals1819, Thomas Busby, A General History of Music

Forms of mesolabe

pluralmesolabes

Origin of mesolabe

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

Questions about mesolabe

What does mesolabe mean?
Mesolabe means an ancient instrument for finding two mean proportionals between two given lines, required in solving the problem of the duplication of the cube.
What part of speech is mesolabe?
Mesolabe is a noun.
What is the plural of mesolabe?
The plural of mesolabe is mesolabes.

Words near mesolabe in the dictionary

  1. mesokinetism
  2. mesokurtic
  3. mesokurticity
  4. mesokurtosis
  5. mesokurtotic
  6. mesolabe
  7. mesolabes
  8. mesolabial
  9. mesolateral
  10. mesolaterally
  11. mesolayer

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