CELESTIAL GLOBE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A globe that is a spherical model of the heavens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("celestial globe" is a kind of...):

globe (a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "celestial globe"):

armilla; armillary sphere (a celestial globe consisting of metal hoops; used by early astronomers to determine the positions of stars)

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