mesolabe
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin mesolabium, from Ancient Greek μεσόλαβος (mesólabos).
Noun
[edit]mesolabe (plural mesolabes)
- (historical) An ancient instrument for finding two mean proportionals between two given lines, required in solving the problem of the duplication of the cube.
- 1819, Thomas Busby, A General History of Music:
- In the second part, by means of the monochord, and an instrument called the Mesolabe, he measures and ascertains the intervals
References
[edit]- “mesolabe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.