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sphère sphere (English) Alternative forms archaic archaic Etymology From - en - lang=fro, from - en - sphēra|lang=la, earlier - en - |ball, globe, celestial sphere|lang=la, from - en - |ball, globe|sc=polytonic|lang=grc, of unknown origin.Pronunciation /sfI@/ Noun A regular three-dimensional object in which every cross-section is a circle; the figure described by the revolution of a circle about its diameter from 14th c. .A spherical physical object; a globe or ball. from 14th c. * 2011, Piers Sellers, The Guardian, 6 Jul 2011: *: So your orientation changes a little bit but it sinks in that the world is a sphere, and you're going around it, sometimes under it, sideways, or over it. - now|_|rare The apparent outer limit of space; the edge of the heavens, imagined as a hollow globe within which celestial bodies appear to be embedded. from 14th c. * 1635, John Donne, "His parting form her": *: Though cold and darkness longer hang somewhere, / Yet Phoebus equally lights all the Sphere. - mythology Any of the concentric hollow transparent globes formerly believed to rotate around the Earth, and which carried the heavenly_body|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). from 14th c. * 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, vol. 1 p. 153: *: It is more simplicitie to teach our children ... the knowledge of the starres, and the motion of the eighth spheare, before their owne. * 1646, Thomas Browne , Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.6:*: They understood not the motion of the eighth sphear from West to East, and so conceived the longitude of the Stars invariable. An area of activity for a planet; or by extension, an area of influence for a god, hero etc. from 14th c. The region in which something or someone is active; one's province, domain. from 17th c. * 1946, Bertrand Russell , History of Western Philosophy, I.20:*: They thought – originally on grounds derived from religion – that each thing or person had its or his proper sphere, to overstep which is ‘unjust’. The set of all points in three-dimensional Euclidean_space (or from 20th c. .Synonyms object ball, globe, orbregion of activity area, domain, field, orbit, sectorin geometry 3-sphere (geometry), 2-sphere (topology)astronomy: apparent surface of the heavens See celestial_sphereastronomy: anything visible on the apparent surface of the heavens See celestial_bodyDerived terms Related terms Translations mathematics: regular three-dimensional object spherical physical object eu hi mt ทรงกลม (song glom)vi astronomy: apparent outer limit of space|celestial sphere historical, astronomy, mythology: any of the concentric globes formerly believed to rotate around the Earth area of activity for a planet, god or hero region in which something or someone is active sphaera|f {{trans-bottom See also Anagrams sphere (Middle French) Alternative forms Noun m|s shape Descendants sphere (Old French) Alternative forms Noun m shape Descendants References simple:sphereFullständig information på http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sphere |
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