Definition of Celestial globe

1. Noun. A globe that is a spherical model of the heavens.

Specialized synonyms: Armilla, Armillary Sphere
Generic synonyms: Globe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Celestial Globe

celery stick
celery top pine
celerylike
celesta
celestas
celeste
celestes
celestial
celestial bodies
celestial body
celestial equator
celestial equators
celestial globe (current term)
celestial guidance
celestial hierarchy
celestial horizon
celestial latitude
celestial longitude
celestial mechanics
celestial navigation
celestial object
celestial objects
celestial orbit
celestial point
celestial pole
celestial poles
celestial sphere

Literary usage of Celestial globe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Astronomy: A Text-book by Charles Augustus Young (1902)
"... of the Sphere " — The celestial globe ASTRONOMY, like all the other sciences, has a terminology of its own, and uses technical terms in the description ..."

2. China and the Allies by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1901)
"... calendar— Father Verbiest—The observatory—The celestial globe—The eight-foot radius sextant—Azimuth horizon—The dragon and " the coil cloud "—Celestial ..."

3. First Book in Astronomy: Adapted to the Use of Common Schools by John Lauris Blake (1838)
"PROBLEM I, ON THE celestial globe. LESSON LV. The Method of finding the Latitude or ... Latitude, on the celestial globe, is reckoned from the ecliptic, ..."

4. Popular Lectures on Science and Art: Delivered in the Principal Cities and by Dionysius Lardner (1846)
"Uses of the celestial globe.—To ascertain the Aspect of the Heavens on any Night—at any Hour.—Effect of the Telescope on Fixed Stars. ..."

5. A Laboratory Manual in Astronomy by Mary Emma Byrd (1899)
"THERE are many simple problems in astronomy which may be solved directly by means of the celestial globe. The results thus obtained, though not so accurate ..."

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