celestial globe
See under globe (def. 3).
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How to use celestial globe in a sentence
Dr. Winckler seems to have been unaware of the elementary fact that a celestial globe necessarily shows its figures "inside out."
The Astronomy of the Bible | E. Walter MaunderIn the year 1602 Blaeu issued a terrestrial and a celestial globe, each having a diameter of 23 cm.
Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Vol II | Edward Luther StevensonThe celestial globe, which is the companion of the former, has a similar brass mounting.
Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Vol II | Edward Luther StevensonThe celestial globe follows, in its records, more closely than does the terrestrial, the issue of 1613.
Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Vol II | Edward Luther StevensonHis celestial globe in successive issues seems to have been much altered.
Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Vol II | Edward Luther Stevenson
British Dictionary definitions for celestial globe
a spherical model of the celestial sphere showing the relative positions of stars, constellations, etc
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