armillary sphere
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armillary sphere
noun armillary spheres
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An instrument consisting of graduated metal circles used to represent the motions of celestial bodies around the earth.
Most of this bench is covered with tiles of Moorish design, but on the front each is stamped with an armillary sphere in which the axis is yellow, the lines of the equator and tropics green, and the rest blue. These one would certainly take to be of Dom Manoel's time, for the armillary sphere was hi
Similar: armill
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noun instrument consisting of graduated metal circles
| Español | esfera armilar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 혼천의 honcheonui |
| 日本語 | 天球儀 tenkyūgi, アーミラリ天球儀 āmirari tenkyūgi, 渾天儀 kontengi |
| 中文 | 渾天儀 /浑天仪 húntiānyí, 渾儀 /浑仪 húnyí, 渾象 /浑象 húnxiàng |
| Português | esfera armilar |
| Français | sphère armillaire |
| Deutsch | Armillarsphäre |
| Italiano | sfera armillare |
| Ελληνικά | σφαιρικός αστρολάβος sfairikós astrolávos |
| Русский | армилля́рная сфе́ра armilljárnaja sféra |
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