Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mechanical contrivance for geometrically extracting the roots of quantities.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An instrument of the ancients for finding two mean proportionals between two given lines, required in solving the problem of the duplication of the cube.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An ancient
instrument for finding twomean proportionals between two givenlines , required in solving the problem of the duplication of the cube.
Etymologies
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Latin mesolabium, Ancient Greek meaning "middle" and "to take".
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Examples
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Eratosthenes, by means of the instrument called the mesolabe.
The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio
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