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Webster 1913 Edition

Cosmolabe

Cos′mo-labe

(k?z′m?-l?b)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
κόσμοσ
the world +
λαμβάνειν
to take: cf. F.
cosmolade
.]
An instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies; – called also
pantacosm
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cosmolabe

COSMOLABE

,
Noun.
s as z. [Gr., world, to take.] An ancient instrument for measuring distances in the heavens or on earth, much the same as the astrolabe, and called also pantacosm.

Definition 2024

cosmolabe

cosmolabe

English

Noun

cosmolabe ‎(plural cosmolabes)

  1. An instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies.

Etymology

Ancient Greek the world + to take.

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