• (n.) 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.
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Mes'o·labe noun [ Latin
mesolabium , Greek ...;
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.
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