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Webster 1913 Edition


Cosmosphere

Cos′mo-sphere

(kŏz′m?-sf?r)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
κόσμοσ
the world + E.
sphere
.]
An apparatus for showing the position of the earth, at any given time, with respect to the fixed stars. It consist of a hollow glass globe, on which are depicted the stars and constellations, and within which is a terrestrial globe.

Definition 2024


cosmosphere

cosmosphere

English

Noun

cosmosphere (plural cosmospheres)

  1. An apparatus for showing the position of the Earth with respect to the fixed stars, consisting of a hollow glass globe marked with the stars and constellations and containing a terrestrial globe.