Sphere

Alternative forms

 * sphære

Etymology
From sphere:, from  sphera:, earlier  sphaera:, from  σφαῖρα:, of unknown origin.

Noun

 * 1)  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.
 * 2) A spherical physical object; a globe or ball.
 * 3)  The apparent outer limit of space; the edge of the heavens, imagined as a hollow globe within which celestial bodies appear to be embedded.
 * 4) * 1635, John Donne, "His parting form her":
 * Though cold and darkness longer hang somewhere, / Yet Phoebus equally lights all the Sphere.
 * 1)  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).
 * 2) * 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, vol. 1 p. 153:
 * It is more simplicitie to teach our children [...] [t]he knowledge of the starres, and the motion of the eighth spheare, before their owne.
 * 1)  An area of activity for a planet; or by extension, an area of influence for a god, hero etc.
 * 2)  The region in which something or someone is active; one's province, domain.
 * 3)  The set of all points in three-dimensional Euclidean space (or -dimensional space, in topology) that are a fixed distance from a fixed point.

Synonyms

 * ball, globe, orb
 * area, domain, field, orbit, sector
 * 3-sphere (geometry), 2-sphere (topology)
 * See celestial sphere
 * See celestial body

Derived terms

 * blogosphere
 * sphere of influence

Related terms

 * atmosphere
 * hemisphere
 * ionosphere
 * planisphere
 * spherical
 * spheroid
 * stratosphere
 * troposphere

Translations

 * Armenian: գունդ (gund)
 * Bengali: গোলক
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 * Esperanto: sfero
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 * Georgian: სფერო (sp‘ero)
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 * Hebrew: ,
 * Irish: sféar


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 球 (kyū), 球体 (kyūtai)
 * Pashto: ,
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 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: sferă
 * Russian: ,
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 * Telugu: గోళము (gOLamu)


 * Albanian: sferë
 * Arabic: فلكة
 * Armenian: գունդ (gund)
 * Bengali: গোলক
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 * Esperanto: sfero
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 * Georgian: სფერო (sp‘ero)
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 * Irish: sféar
 * Italian:
 * Irish: sféar
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 * Japanese: 球 (kyū), 球体 (kyūtai)
 * Korean: 구체 (guche)
 * Latvian: sfēra, lode
 * Lithuanian: rutulys
 * Mongolian: бѳмбѳрцѳг
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 * Romanian: sferă, bilă, bol
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: gul'a
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 * Swahili:
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 * Telugu: గోళము (gOLamu)
 * Thai: (song glom)
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh: sffêr
 * Welsh: sffêr
 * Welsh: sffêr


 * Finnish: taivaankansi


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 * Armenian:
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 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: sfero
 * Finnish: ala, alue
 * French:
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 * Greek:
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 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Irish: réimse


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 分野 (bun’ya), 範囲 (han'i), 領域 (ryōiki)
 * Latvian: sfēra
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
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 * Swedish:, , , , , ,
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Anagrams

 * herpes
 * Hesper

Noun

 * 1)  shape

Descendants

 * French:

Noun

 * 1)  shape

Descendants

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