armillary sphere

Questions about armillary sphere

What is another word for armillary sphere?

It depends which armillary sphere you mean. In the sense “a celestial globe consisting of metal hoops; used by early astronomers to determine the positions of stars”, the synonyms are armilla. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of armillary sphere?

WordNet records no antonym for armillary sphere. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for armillary sphere come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

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• Full entry for armillary sphereAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for armillary sphereWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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