Sphere
[sfɪə] or [sfɪr]
Definition
(noun.) any spherically shaped artifact.
(noun.) the geographical area in which one nation is very influential.
(noun.) a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center.
(noun.) a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses).
(noun.) a particular environment or walk of life; 'his social sphere is limited'; 'it was a closed area of employment'; 'he's out of my orbit'.
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Definition
(n.) A body or space contained under a single surface, which in every part is equally distant from a point within called its center.
(n.) Hence, any globe or globular body, especially a celestial one, as the sun, a planet, or the earth.
(n.) The apparent surface of the heavens, which is assumed to be spherical and everywhere equally distant, in which the heavenly bodies appear to have their places, and on which the various astronomical circles, as of right ascension and declination, the equator, ecliptic, etc., are conceived to be drawn; an ideal geometrical sphere, with the astronomical and geographical circles in their proper positions on it.
(n.) In ancient astronomy, one of the concentric and eccentric revolving spherical transparent shells in which the stars, sun, planets, and moon were supposed to be set, and by which they were carried, in such a manner as to produce their apparent motions.
(n.) The extension of a general conception, or the totality of the individuals or species to which it may be applied.
(n.) Circuit or range of action, knowledge, or influence; compass; province; employment; place of existence.
(n.) Rank; order of society; social positions.
(n.) An orbit, as of a star; a socket.
(v. t.) To place in a sphere, or among the spheres; to insphere.
(v. t.) To form into roundness; to make spherical, or spheral; to perfect.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Globe, ball, orb.[2]. Circuit, circle, compass, province, department, walk, beat, function, vocation, post, office, employment, capacity.[3]. Rank, standing, order.[4]. Region, realm, domain, quarter, country.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Globe, ball, region, realm, circuit, orb, department, vocation, rank, standing,order,[See HARANGUE]
Checker: Tom
Definition
n. a ball or globe: an orb or circle: circuit of motion: province or duty: definite range: rank position in society: (geom.) a surface every point of which is equidistant from one and the same point called the centre.—adjs. Sphēr′al; Sphere′less.—ns. Sphere′-met′al (Milt.) metal like that of which the celestial spheres were anciently supposed to be made; Sphere′-mū′sic the music of the spheres.—adjs. Spher′ic -al pertaining to or like a sphere.—n. Spherical′ity.—adv. Spher′ically.—ns. Spher′icalness Spheric′ity state or quality of being spherical: roundness; Spher′icle a little sphere; Spher′ics the geometry and trigonometry of the sphere; Sphē′roid a body or figure nearly spherical but not quite so—a species of ellipsoid (prolate spheroid a slightly lengthened sphere; oblate spheroid a slightly flattened sphere).—adj. Sphēroi′dal having the form of a spheroid.—ns. Sphēroidi′city Sphēroid′ity the state of being spheroidal; Sphē′romēre one of the symmetrical segments of a radiate; Sphērom′eter an instrument for measuring the sphericity of portions of spherical surfaces—for example lenses; Sphē′rosid′erite the name given to impure or earthy and frequently concretionary varieties of carbonate of iron.—adj. Spher′ūlar.—ns. Spher′ūle a little sphere; Spher′ūlite a radiating spherical group of minute acicular crystals common in silicious volcanic rocks.—adjs. Spherūlit′ic; Sphē′ry spherical round: belonging to the celestial spheres.
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Examples
- Civilization held nothing like this in its narrow and circumscribed sphere, hemmed in by restrictions and conventionalities. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- With Peter the Great (1682-1725) the empire of Muscovy broke away from her Tartar traditions and entered the sphere of French attraction. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The action and reaction thus constantly at work, tend to give accelerating impulse to invention, and are continually enlarging its sphere of operations. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The same question reappears in politics, where the useful or expedient seems to claim a larger sphere and to have a greater authority. Plato. The Republic.
- I shall not enlarge upon this objection, because it principally belongs to natural philosophy, which lies without our present sphere. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- This has largely transferred the sphere of action of the sewing machine from the family to the factory. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- May it not have been from such considerations that the ancient philosophers supposed a sphere of fire to exist above the air of our atmosphere? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The sphere in which she moves is much above his. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Next proceed to consider the manner in which the sphere of the intellectual is to be divided. Plato. The Republic.
- I feel more inclination to put you in the way of keeping yourself, and shall endeavour to do so; but observe, my sphere is narrow. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- You will find her particular friends in another sphere than mine: amongst the Cholmondeleys, for instance. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- If you were sensible of your own good, you would not wish to quit the sphere in which you have been brought up. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- His lady-love beamed upon him from a sphere above his own: he could not come near her; he was not certain that he could win from her a look. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In marrying your nephew, I should not consider myself as quitting that sphere. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- You are not in your true sphere. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- But the same hand which has cast the celestial spheres in space, has traced their course in the heavens, and does not allow them to wander at random to disturb and destroy each other. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- These are but typical of hundreds of men who could be named who have risen from work at the key to become recognized leaders in differing spheres of activity. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Delightful, charming, superior, first circles, spheres, lines, ranks, every thingand Mrs. Elton was wild to have the offer closed with immediately. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The astronomer predicts an eclipse, and on the minute the spheres swing into line, verifying, beyond all doubt, the correctness of the laws predicated for their movements. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Kindergarten employments are calculated to give information regarding cubes, spheres, etc. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- There are spheres in which we may act, ample enough even for my ambition. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Then knowledge and opinion having distinct powers have also distinct spheres or subject-matters? Plato. The Republic.
- The scientific man and the cultured man belong to two different spheres which, though coming together at times in the same individual, are never fully reconcil ed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Before the throne, was a large table filled with globes and spheres, and mathematical instruments of all kinds. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Hawkesworth will enliven our progress with his cheerful, sensible converse, and Stanley accompany the music of the spheres. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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