Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An instrument formerly in use for finding the angular distances of heavenly bodies.
  • noun An instrument for observing and registering the apparent path of a meteor.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete An astrolabe; a planisphere.
  • noun An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun astronomy, obsolete An astrolabe; a planisphere.
  • noun astronomy, obsolete An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction of the apparent path of a shooting star.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek

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