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mesolabes

mesolabes is the plural of mesolabe.

Meaning of mesolabe

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

Questions about mesolabes

What is mesolabes the plural of?
Mesolabes is the plural of mesolabe.

Words near mesolabes in the dictionary

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

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