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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.
Definition 2024
mesolabe
mesolabe
English
Noun
mesolabe (plural mesolabes)
- An ancient instrument for finding two mean proportionals between two given lines, required in solving the problem of the duplication of the cube.
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