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astrolabe definition

astro·labe (as′trō lāb′, -trə-)

noun

an instrument formerly used to find the altitude of a star, etc.: it was replaced by the sextant

Etymology: ME astrelabie < OFr astrelabe < ML astrolabium < Gr astrolabon < astron, star + lambanein, to take: see latch

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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