armillary
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of armillary
1655–65; < Latin armill ( a ) bracelet, hoop ( arm ( us ) shoulder ( see arm 1) + -illa diminutive suffix) + -ary
Example Sentences
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Without a telescope, says Gysembergh, he must have used a sighting tube, known as a dioptra, or a mechanism called an armillary sphere.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2022
A crowded rink is a sweaty, wheeled armillary sphere.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2022
Static sculptures of Brahe’s so-called armillary sphere proliferate in public parks, but few if any allow for detailed measurements like the one in Santa Fe.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2019
A Portuguese royal coat of arms was visible on the disk's top half, and on the bottom was an etching of an armillary sphere, which Mearns claimed belonged to Portuguese King Dom Miguel.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 24, 2017
An armillary sphere of brass, with a steel meridian, whose diameter was about 4 cubits.
From The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler by Brewster, David, Sir
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