planisphere
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əˌsfɪər, ˈpleɪ noun
1.
a map of half or more of the celestial sphere with a device for indicating the part of a given location visible at a given time.
2.
a projection or representation of the whole or a part of a sphere on a plane.
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| —n | |
| a projection or representation of all or part of a sphere on a plane surface, such as a polar projection of the celestial sphere onto a chart | |
| [C14: from Medieval Latin plānisphaerium, from Latin plānus flat + Greek sphaira globe] | |
| planispheric | |
| —adj | |
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Example sentences
Bring your planisphere or telescope if you have one.
It is a planisphere or world map summarizing the extent of geographical knowledge at the beginning of the seventeenth century.
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