mesolabe

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mesolabe - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mesolabe \Mes"o*labe\, n. [L. mesolabium, Gr. ?; me`sos middle +
     ? to take.]
     An instrument of the ancients for finding two mean
     proportionals between two given lines, required in solving
     the problem of the duplication of the cube. --Brande & C.
     [1913 Webster]