Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An early instrument, essentially the same as the astrolabe, used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies. Also called
pantacosm .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies; -- called also
pantacosm .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
instrument resembling theastrolabe , formerly used for measuring theangles betweenheavenly bodies .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek the world + to take.
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