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An astronomical and navigational instrument for gauging the altitude of the Sun and stars.
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an early form of sextant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sextant
From Middle English astrelabie et al., from Middle French astrolabe, Old French astrelabe, from Ancient Greek ἀστρολάβος (astrolábos, “star-taking”), from ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
أَسْطْرُلَاب
(ʔasṭrulāb)
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Aramaic:
ܐܣܛܪܘܠܘܒܘܢ
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Armenian:
աստրոլաբ
(astrolab)
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Catalan:
astrolabi
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Chinese Mandarin:
星盤 /星盘
(xīngpán)
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Corsican:
astrolabiu
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Czech:
astroláb
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Danish:
astrolabium
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Dutch:
astrolabium
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Esperanto:
astrolabo
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Estonian:
astrolaab
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Finnish:
astrolabi
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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French:
astrolabe
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Galician:
astrolabio
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Georgian:
ასტროლაბი
(asṭrolabi)
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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German:
Astrolabium
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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German:
Sternhöhenmesser
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Greek:
αστρολάβος
(astrolávos)
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Hindi:
तारेक्ष
(tārekṣ)
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Hungarian:
asztrolábium
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Ido:
astrolabo
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Italian:
astrolabio
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Italian:
astrolabo
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Japanese:
アストロラーベ
(asutororābe)
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Kazakh:
астролябия
(astroläbiä)
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Korean:
아스트롤라베
(aseuteurollabe)
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Kyrgyz:
астролябия
(astrolyabiya)
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Latvian:
astrolabs
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Latvian:
astrolabija
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Lithuanian:
astroliabija
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Neapolitan:
strulàbbio
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Occitan:
astrolabi
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Persian:
اسطرلاب
(ostorlâb)
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Persian:
اختریاب
(axtaryâb)
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Persian:
استرلاب
(ostorlâb)
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Persian:
ستارهیاب
(setâre-yâb)
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Polish:
astrolabium
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Portuguese:
astrolábio
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Romanian:
astrolab
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Russian:
астроля́бия
(astroljábija)
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Sanskrit:
यन्त्रराज
(yantrarāja)
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Slovak:
astroláb
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Slovene:
astrolab
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Spanish:
astrolabio
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Swedish:
astrolabium
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Tajik:
устурлоб
(usturlob)
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Turkish:
usturlap
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Ottoman Turkish:
اسطرلاب
(usturlab)
— astronomical and navigational instrument
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Ukrainian:
астроля́бія
(astroljábija)
— astronomical and navigational instrument