Crossword-Solution: ARMIL
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Armil | n. | A bracelet. |
| Armil | n. | An ancient astronomical instrument. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| ARMIL | anagram | MARLI, RIMAL |
We have 2 clues for the answer “ARMIL”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Ancient astronomical device. | 1 answer |
| Old astronomical instrument. | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
The old plural of Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
EEN
Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with ARMIL (3)
From the use of the gnomon there naturally grew up the conception of angular measurements; and with the advance of geometrical conceptions there came the hemisphere of Berosus, the equinoctial armil, the solstitial armil, and the quadrant of Ptolemy--all of them employing shadows as indices of the sun's position, but in combination with angular divisions.
Note: When composed of one ring placed in the plane of the equator for determining the time of the equinoxes, it is called an equinoctial armil; when of two or more rings, one in the plane of the meridian, for observing the solstices, it is called a solstitial armil.
For the astronomers Ptolemy Euergetes placed in the Square Porch an equinoctial and a solstitial armil, the graduated limbs of these instruments being divided into degrees and sixths.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1944–1948).