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astrolabe
/ˈæs.tɹəˌleɪb/
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What does astrolabe mean?
noun
- An astronomical and navigational instrument for gauging the altitude of the Sun and stars.
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/ˈæs.tɹəˌleɪb/
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They embarked in the corvettes Boussole and the Astrolabe, neither of which were again heard of.
Can the mind of a Commander elaborate such movements with the same ease as the hand of a land surveyor uses the astrolabe?
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Beside them is the astrolabe, an instrument about which he wrote; and trimly arranged apart his augrim-stones, or counters for making calculations.
Two days later a tragedy occurred at this island, when Captain de Langle, the commander of the ASTROLABE, and eleven of the crew were murdered.
We are no nearer heaven on the top of Mount Cenis than at the bottom of the sea; take the distance with your astrolabe.