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Sphere
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- 1 A surface in three dimensions consisting of all points equidistant from a center. .
- 2 any spherically shaped artifact wordnet
- 3 An object which appears to be bounded by a sphere; a round object, a ball.
"Of celestial bodies, first the sun, / A mighty sphere, he framed."
- 4 a particular aspect of life or activity wordnet
- 5 The celestial sphere: the edge of the heavens, imagined as a hollow globe within which celestial bodies appear to be embedded. archaic
"Though cold and darkness longer hang somewhere, / Yet Phoebus equally lights all the Sphere."
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- 6 the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected wordnet
- 7 Any of the concentric hollow transparent globes formerly believed to rotate around the Earth, and which carried the heavenly bodies; there were originally believed to be eight, and later nine and ten; friction between them was thought to cause a harmonious sound (the music of the spheres). historical
"ſooner ſhall the Sun fall from his Spheare, Than Tamburlaine be ſlaine or ouercome."
- 8 the geographical area in which one nation is very influential wordnet
- 9 An area of activity for a planet; or by extension, an area of influence for a god, hero etc.
- 10 a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center wordnet
- 11 The region in which something or someone is active; one's province, domain. figuratively
"sphere of influence"
- 12 a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses) wordnet
- 13 The natural, normal, or proper place (of something).
"in one's sphere"
- 14 a particular environment or walk of life wordnet
- 15 The set of all points in three-dimensional Euclidean space (or n-dimensional space, in topology) that are a fixed distance from a fixed point .
- 16 The domain of reference of a proposition, subject, or predicate, or the totality of the particular subjects to which it applies. dated
"In point of fact, so often as we think a subject as partially included within the sphere of a predicate, eo ipso we think it as partially, that is, particularly, excluded therefrom."
- 1 To place in a sphere, or among the spheres; to ensphere. transitive
"The glorious planet Sol / In noble eminence enthroned and sphered / Amidst the other."
- 2 To make round or spherical; to perfect. transitive
"sphered Whole"
Etymology
From Middle English spere, from Old French sphere, from Late Latin sphēra, earlier Latin sphaera (“ball, globe, celestial sphere”), from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”), of unknown origin. Not related to superficially similar Persian سپهر (sepehr, “sky”) .
From Middle English spere, from Old French sphere, from Late Latin sphēra, earlier Latin sphaera (“ball, globe, celestial sphere”), from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”), of unknown origin. Not related to superficially similar Persian سپهر (sepehr, “sky”) .
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