PRIMUM MOBILE


Meaning of PRIMUM MOBILE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈprī-məm-ˈmō-bə-lē, ˈprē- ]

noun

( plural primum mobiles )

Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin, literally, first moving thing

Date: 15th century

: the outermost concentric sphere conceived in medieval astronomy as carrying the spheres of the fixed stars and the planets in its daily revolution

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