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Definition of Planetarium
1. Noun. A building housing an instrument for projecting the positions of the planets onto a domed ceiling.
2. Noun. An optical device for projecting images of celestial bodies and other astronomical phenomena onto the inner surface of a hemispherical dome.
3. Noun. An apparatus or model for representing the solar systems.
Definition of Planetarium
1. n. An orrery. See Orrery.
Definition of Planetarium
1. Noun. A display museum in which images of stars and other astronomical phenomena are projected onto a domed ceiling. ¹
2. Noun. An orrery. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Planetarium
1. [n -RIA or -RIUMS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Planetarium
Literary usage of Planetarium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Massachusetts Teacher (1852)
"Above is the cut representing a front view of SWAIN'S planetarium which was
promised in the last number to the subscribers of the " Teacher. ..."
2. Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy: Considered in It's [sic by George Adams (1794)
"ON THE planetarium, TELLURIAN, ... the days of the month, and the A planetarium
maybe ... planetarium ..."
3. The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922 by Clarence Monroe Burton, William Stocking, Gordon K. Miller, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company (1922)
"... also the Trip- pensee planetarium Company, and otherwise identified with
substantial business organizations of the city, was born at The Rapids, ..."
4. First Book in Astronomy: Adapted to the Use of Common Schools by John Lauris Blake (1838)
"AN orrery, or planetarium^ as it is sometimes called, is a machine so constructed,
as to represent, by the movement of its several parts, the motions and ..."
5. The Classics, Greek & Latin: The Most Celebrated Works of Hellenic and Roman by Marion Mills Miller (1910)
"Archytas, Pythagorean philosopher: host of Plato, G. iv.,,, L. vi. 202: self-control
of, 317. Archimedes, Greek mathematician: planetarium of, L. vi. ..."
6. School Architecture, Or Contributions to the Improvement of School-houses in by Henry Barnard (1854)
"The planetarium or Orrery, gives the proportionate size and relative positions,
and annual revolutions of tho planets, composing the solar system, ..."
7. The Massachusetts Teacher (1852)
"Above is the cut representing a front view of SWAIN'S planetarium which was
promised in the last number to the subscribers of the " Teacher. ..."
8. Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy: Considered in It's [sic by George Adams (1794)
"ON THE planetarium, TELLURIAN, ... the days of the month, and the A planetarium
maybe ... planetarium ..."
9. The City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922 by Clarence Monroe Burton, William Stocking, Gordon K. Miller, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company (1922)
"... also the Trip- pensee planetarium Company, and otherwise identified with
substantial business organizations of the city, was born at The Rapids, ..."
10. First Book in Astronomy: Adapted to the Use of Common Schools by John Lauris Blake (1838)
"AN orrery, or planetarium^ as it is sometimes called, is a machine so constructed,
as to represent, by the movement of its several parts, the motions and ..."
11. The Classics, Greek & Latin: The Most Celebrated Works of Hellenic and Roman by Marion Mills Miller (1910)
"Archytas, Pythagorean philosopher: host of Plato, G. iv.,,, L. vi. 202: self-control
of, 317. Archimedes, Greek mathematician: planetarium of, L. vi. ..."
12. School Architecture, Or Contributions to the Improvement of School-houses in by Henry Barnard (1854)
"The planetarium or Orrery, gives the proportionate size and relative positions,
and annual revolutions of tho planets, composing the solar system, ..."
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