transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈas-trə-ˌlāb also ]
-ˌlab noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French astrelabe, from Medieval Latin astrolabium, from Late Greek astrolabion, from Greek astrolabos, from astr- + lambanein to take — more at latch
Date: 14th century
: a compact instrument used to observe and calculate the position of celestial bodies before the invention of the sextant