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Webster 1913 Edition


Mesolabe

Mes′o-labe

,
Noun.
[L.
mesolabium
, Gr. [GREEK];
μέσοσ
middle + [GREEK] to take.]
An instrument of the ancients for finding two mean proportionals between two given lines, required in solving the problem of the duplication of the cube.
Brande & C.