Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Resembling a bracelet or armilla; consisting of rings or circles.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting of rings or circles.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or relating to bracelets
Examples
“At the same time, paving the way for Galileo, incredibly complex Renaissance-era astrological instruments such as armillary spheres and planetary clocks, manufactured by the foremost goldsmiths of Europe, show the connection between the applied arts, mathematics and technology.”
“Eleven hooks in the cabinets support a dagger, a scopetta (whisk broom), Federico's armor (occupying five hooks), an astrolabe, an armillary sphere, a tablet, and a birdcage.”
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro
“Mirrors and armillary spheres, too, were highly valued and prominently displayed.”
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro
“Urania is represented by the armillary sphere, Euterpe by flutes, Thalia by the rebec, Melpomene by the hunting horn, Terpsichore by the cittern, Erato by the jingle ring, and Polyhymnia by the organ.”
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro
“In his recommendations for making a universal figure for contemplation, Ficino urges that one should "not just look at" an image such as an armillary sphere but to "reflect on it in the soul.”
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro
“The "armillary sphere" would be a rigid skeletal orb, 160 feet in diameter, upon which the continents and "principal islands" of the world would be superimposed.”
The Wall Street Journal: Icon of a Fair, a Borough, the World
“Architectural Forum called it "a heavy, literal version of the ancient armillary sphere, with decoration by Rand McNally.”
The Wall Street Journal: Icon of a Fair, a Borough, the World
“He made an armillary sphere -- a primitive planetarium -- to explore the movements of the planets.”
The Huffington Post: Nancy Marie Brown: The Abacus and The Cross: When the Pope Was A Scientist
“Those are armillary spheres on the top—I know because I did a book report on it in fifth grade.”
“For an illuminating discussion of the astrolabe and armillary sphere in the Urbino studiolo, their uses and significance, see David King, "Astrolabe Depicted.”
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro
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knitandpurl "They had a way of looking all around them, but not in the same time at the same direction, that reminded Brentford of a clockwork armillary sphere and that made him feel dizzy and ill at east just as when they talked very quickly to each other in some language no one understood."
Aurorarama by Jean-Christophe Valtat, p 399 Jul 24, 2011
shadesofinsanity I like this word. :) Would be nice when describing a character's possessions. Apr 4, 2009