astrolabe - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'astrolabe' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Astrolabe

[ n.]

- An instrument for observing or showing the positions of the stars. It is now disused.
- A stereographic projection of the sphere on the plane of a great circle, as the equator, or a meridian; a planisphere.

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