armillary sphere

1. 1.

   a celestial globe consisting of metal hoops; used by early astronomers to determine the positions of stars

   Synonymsarmilla

   Broadercelestial globe

Questions about armillary sphere

What does armillary sphere mean?

armillary sphere means "a celestial globe consisting of metal hoops; used by early astronomers to determine the positions of stars".

What is another word for armillary sphere?

Close synonyms include armilla. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is armillary sphere a common word?

armillary sphere is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.