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CELESTIAL GLOBE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A globe that is a spherical model of the heavens
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("celestial globe" is a kind of...):
globe (a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "celestial globe"):
armilla; armillary sphere (a celestial globe consisting of metal hoops; used by early astronomers to determine the positions of stars)
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