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- Ancient Greek · derived fromμεσόλαβος
- Latin · derived frommesolabium
- English todaymesolabe
From Latin mesolabium, from Ancient Greek μεσόλαβος (mesólabos).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
mesolabe
Today it means: An ancient instrument for finding two mean proportionals between two given lines, required in solving the problem of the duplication of the cube. Full definition →
Latin mesolabium ← Ancient Greek μεσόλαβος