Cosmosphere

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cosmosphere \Cos"mo*sphere\ (k[o^]z"m?-sf?r), n. [Gr. ko`smos
     the world + E. sphere.]
     An apparatus for showing the position of the earth, at any
     given time, with respect to the fixed stars. It consist of a
     hollow glass globe, on which are depicted the stars and
     constellations, and within which is a terrestrial globe.


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