nocturlabe

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noun

An instrument for navigation, or telling the time, at night, by measuring the position of stars relative to the pole star

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Meanings

nounnocturlabe (plural nocturlabes)

plural nocturlabes

  1. historicalAn instrument for navigation, or telling the time, at night, by measuring the position of stars relative to the pole star

Translations

Italian notturlabio
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APA

nocturlabe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nocturlabe

MLA

“nocturlabe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nocturlabe. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nocturlabe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nocturlabe.

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