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armillary_sphere

armillary sphere

English

An armillary sphere.

Noun

armillary sphere ‎(plural armillary spheres)

An instrument consisting of graduated metal circles used to represent the motions of celestial bodies around the earth.

Translations

instrument consisting of graduated metal circles

Arabic:
Catalan: esfera armil·lar f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 渾天儀 (zh), 浑天仪 (zh) ‎(húntiānyí), 渾儀 (zh), 浑仪 (zh) ‎(húnyí), 渾象 (zh), 浑象 (zh) ‎(húnxiàng)
Danish:
Dutch:
Finnish: armillaari
French: sphère armillaire (fr) f
German: Armillarsphäre (de) f
Greek: σφαιρικός αστρολάβος m ‎(sfairikós astrolávos)

Italian: sfera armillare (it) f
Japanese: 天球儀 ‎(てんきゅうぎ, tenkyūgi), アーミラリ天球儀 ‎(āmirari tenkyūgi), 渾天儀 ‎(こんてんぎ, kontengi)
Korean: 혼천의 (ko) ‎(渾天儀, honcheon-ui)
Persian:
Portuguese: esfera armilar f
Russian: армилля́рная сфе́ра f ‎(armilljárnaja sféra)
Spanish: esfera armilar f
Swahili:
Swedish: armillarsfär, armilla
Turkish: halkalı küre
Vietnamese: