Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument for observing and registering the apparent path of a meteor.
- noun An instrument formerly in use for finding the angular distances of heavenly bodies.
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 ; aplanisphere . - noun astronomy, obsolete An
instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction of the apparentpath of ashooting star .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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