Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling a bracelet or armilla; consisting of rings or circles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting of rings or circles.
- adjective an ancient astronomical machine composed of an assemblage of rings, all circles of the same sphere, designed to represent the positions of the important circles of the celestial sphere.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Resembling a
bracelet orarmilla ; consisting ofrings orcircles .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to bracelets
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Examples
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At the same time, paving the way for Galileo, incredibly complex Renaissance-era astrological instruments such as armillary spheres and planetary clocks, manufactured by the foremost goldsmiths of Europe, show the connection between the applied arts, mathematics and technology.
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At the same time, paving the way for Galileo, incredibly complex Renaissance-era astrological instruments such as armillary spheres and planetary clocks, manufactured by the foremost goldsmiths of Europe, show the connection between the applied arts, mathematics and technology.
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He made an armillary sphere -- a primitive planetarium -- to explore the movements of the planets.
Nancy Marie Brown: The Abacus and The Cross: When the Pope Was A Scientist Nancy Marie Brown 2010
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Urania is represented by the armillary sphere, Euterpe by flutes, Thalia by the rebec, Melpomene by the hunting horn, Terpsichore by the cittern, Erato by the jingle ring, and Polyhymnia by the organ.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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He made an armillary sphere -- a primitive planetarium -- to explore the movements of the planets.
Nancy Marie Brown: The Abacus and The Cross: When the Pope Was A Scientist Nancy Marie Brown 2010
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Architectural Forum called it "a heavy, literal version of the ancient armillary sphere, with decoration by Rand McNally."
Icon of a Fair, a Borough, the World Thomas J. Campanella 2010
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Mirrors and armillary spheres, too, were highly valued and prominently displayed.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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In his recommendations for making a universal figure for contemplation, Ficino urges that one should "not just look at" an image such as an armillary sphere but to "reflect on it in the soul."
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Eleven hooks in the cabinets support a dagger, a scopetta (whisk broom), Federico's armor (occupying five hooks), an astrolabe, an armillary sphere, a tablet, and a birdcage.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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The "armillary sphere" would be a rigid skeletal orb, 160 feet in diameter, upon which the continents and "principal islands" of the world would be superimposed.
Icon of a Fair, a Borough, the World Thomas J. Campanella 2010
shadesofinsanity commented on the word armillary
I like this word. :) Would be nice when describing a character's possessions.
April 4, 2009
knitandpurl commented on the word armillary
"They had a way of looking all around them, but not in the same time at the same direction, that reminded Brentford of a clockwork armillary sphere and that made him feel dizzy and ill at east just as when they talked very quickly to each other in some language no one understood."
Aurorarama by Jean-Christophe Valtat, p 399
July 24, 2011