Me`te*or"o*scope [Gr. , fr. observing the heavenly bodies; + to view: cf. F. m'et'eoroscope. See Meteor.] Astron. (a)

An astrolabe; a planisphere.

[Obs.] (b)

An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star.

 

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