cosmolabe
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “world, universe”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
Noun
cosmolabe (plural cosmolabes)
- An instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cosmolabe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)