astrolabicadj.
/ˌastrə(ʊ)ˈleɪbɪk/, U.S. /ˌæstrəˈleɪbɪk/, /ˌæstrəˈlæbɪk/ Now historical.
Of or relating to an astrolabe; belonging to or incorporating an astrolabe. Cf. astrolabical adj.
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astrolabic1813
1813 J. Aikin et al. Gen. Biogr. VIII. 388/1 This was followed by a small tract ‘Concerning the Altitudes of the Sun’, with a table; and ‘Astrolabic Cannons’, with a table of the parallels, proportioned to every degree of the equinoctial.
1859 W. M. Thomson Land & Bk. I. 215 An astrologer would not only draw his astrolabic figures and diagrams, but observe times, compound magical drugs, recite incantations, write charms, and so on.
1949 Isis 40 246 Vitruvius's description of an astrolabic clock in which the ecliptic is moved around once a day by means of water.
1973 Daily Tel. 23 Jan. 16/6 An unusual French brass astrolabic ring dial, of circa 1710.
1987 Jrnl. Hist. Astron. 18 173 Observations..are compared with historical astrolabic observations as reported by Ptolemy in the Almagest.
2005 K. V. Cleempoel Astrolabes at Greenwich 249 The standard astrolabic plates bear altitude circles at each 2°.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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