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ARMILLARY SPHERE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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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