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planetary hours: system of hour reckoning, see article on time and date.
planetary temperaments: astrological character of the fixed stars; as assigned in classical astrology, each star had a nature and effect similar to one or more of the planets.
planisphere: a representation of a spherical body on a flat surface, commonly a map of the earth or of the heavens.
planispheric astrolabe: astronomical instrument based on a planispheric projection of the heavens, see article on the astrolabe.
plate: part of an astrolabe with a projection of altitude and azimuth lines on to the equatorial plane, see article on the astrolabe.
plumb level: device for determining a horizontal level or an angle of elevation by a plumb line or plummet.
plumb line: a suspended thread with a weight at its end, indicating the vertical.
plummet: a form of plumb line in which the 'line' and weight are a single rigid piece.
polar dial: type of sundial, see article on the sundial.
polyhedral dial: sundial with hour lines on various faces of a solid figure, see article on the sundial.
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