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celestial globe
noun
- globe3
celestial globe
noun
- a spherical model of the celestial sphere showing the relative positions of stars, constellations, etc
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Word History and Origins
Origin of celestial globe1
First recorded in 1755–65
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Example Sentences
Dr. Winckler seems to have been unaware of the elementary fact that a celestial globe necessarily shows its figures "inside out."
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In the year 1602 Blaeu issued a terrestrial and a celestial globe, each having a diameter of 23 cm.
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The celestial globe, which is the companion of the former, has a similar brass mounting.
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The celestial globe follows, in its records, more closely than does the terrestrial, the issue of 1613.
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His celestial globe in successive issues seems to have been much altered.
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