"celatone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: celatones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} celatone (plural celatones)
  1. (historical) A device invented by Galileo Galilei to observe Jupiter's moons with the purpose of finding longitude on Earth. It took the form of a piece of headgear with a telescope taking the place of an eyehole. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-celatone-en-noun-6pdKXkoC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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