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planisphere
[ plan-uh-sfeer, pley-nuh- ]
noun
- 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.
- a projection or representation of the whole or a part of a sphere on a plane.
planisphere
/ ˌplænɪˈsfɛrɪk; ˈplænɪˌsfɪə /
noun
- 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
Derived Forms
- planispheric, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ···· [plan-, uh, -, sfer, -i-k, uh, l, -, sfeer, -, pley-n, uh, -], i·i ··· [plan-i-, sfeer, -, uh, l, pley-n, uh, -], adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of planisphere1
Word History and Origins
Origin of planisphere1
Example Sentences
A second map, created in 1502 and called the Cantino Planisphere, depicts the peninsula of Florida with a remarkably accurate rendering of its inlets and bays.
In the poem “In a Wonderful Place,” published in the 2009 collection “Planisphere,” he offered a brief, bittersweet look back.
In summer I sometimes come outside at night with my torch and my planisphere, which is two circles of plastic with a pin through the middle.
If it’s prominent enough throughout, the reader will go along with whatever unlikely image he might throw in—the sight of a woman reclining on the bristles of a toothbrush, for example, or a nation born on a man’s palm with a whole “saffron planisphere and aged rum.”
According to Brown, Lupus appears on the Euphratian planisphere discovered by George Smyth in the palace of Sennacherib.
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