ARMILLARY SPHERE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A celestial globe consisting of metal hoops; used by early astronomers to determine the positions of stars

Synonyms:

armilla; armillary sphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("armillary sphere" is a kind of...):

celestial globe (a globe that is a spherical model of the heavens)

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