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spherograph

spherograph noun: an instrument for facilitating the practical use of spherics in navigation and astronomy, constructed of two cardboards containing various circles, turning upon each other in such a manner that any possible spherical triangle may be readily found, and the measures of the parts read off.

Noun

spherograph (plural spherographs)

  1. An instrument for facilitating the practical use of spherics in navigation and astronomy, constructed of two cardboards containing various circles, turning upon each other in such a manner that any possible spherical triangle may be readily found, and the measures of the parts read off.

Forms of spherograph

pluralspherographs

Origin of spherograph

From sphero- + -graph.

Questions about spherograph

What does spherograph mean?
Spherograph means an instrument for facilitating the practical use of spherics in navigation and astronomy, constructed of two cardboards containing various circles, turning upon each other in such a manner that any possible spherical triangle may be readily found, and the measures of the parts read off.
What part of speech is spherograph?
Spherograph is a noun.
What is the plural of spherograph?
The plural of spherograph is spherographs.

Words near spherograph in the dictionary

  1. spheroechinocytes
  2. spheroform
  3. spheroforms
  4. spherogenesis
  5. spherogenic
  6. spherograph
  7. spherographs
  8. spheroid
  9. spheroidal
  10. spheroidally
  11. spheroidals

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