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sphere Definition

sphere (sfir)

noun

  1. any round body or figure having the surface equally distant from the center at all points; globe; ball
  2. a star, planet, etc.
  3. the visible heavens; sky
  4. celestial sphere
  5. any of a series of hypothetical spherical shells, transparent, concentric, and postulated as revolving one within another, in which the stars, planets, sun, moon, etc. were supposedly set: a concept of ancient astronomy
  6. the place, range, or extent of action, existence, knowledge, experience, influence, etc.; province; compass
  7. social stratum; place in society; walk of life

Etymology: ME spere < OFr espere < L sphaera < Gr sphaira

transitive verb sphered, spher′·ing

  1. to put in or as in a sphere
  2. to put among the heavenly spheres
  3. to form into a sphere

sphere Synonyms

sphere

n.

  1. A round body

    ball, globule, orb; see circle 1.

  2. The celestial sphere

    heavens, sky, planetary sphere, primum mobile (Latin).

  3. A domain

    province, compass, sphere of influence, walk of life, field.

sphere Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • rarefy: Rarefied sphere of pamuk describes the last is debatable phenomenon which surely.
  • intersect: Simple algebraic operations are then used to intersect two spheres, or a line and a sphere.
  • deform: In fact, a pea is quite a good image for a deformed sphere.
  • flatten: After several tries some flattened spheres, some blue, some red, come into fuzzy view.
  • invade: In our view, these purposes can only be achieved by the creation of a modern movement invading every sphere of national life.
  • penetrate: Wireless LAN for private and home-office users Wireless solutions are increasingly penetrating the private sphere.

Adjective modifier

  • celestial: The earth's axis projected on to the celestial sphere defines astronomical north.
  • armillary: Armillary spheres These resemble a miniature Earth made from bands of metal.
  • planetary: As it passed through the planetary spheres, so it received a portion of each planet's nature.
  • heavenly: Nature is variable because the heavenly spheres vary their state, and therefore human beings vary in their qualities.
  • hollow: Von Guericke had earlier prepared a large hollow sphere from which he had removed the air using a vacuum pump of his invention.
  • public: Habermas ' model of public sphere suggests the idea of private people engaging for the public cause.

Modifies a noun

  • packing: This motivates the study of current theories both regular and random sphere packing.
  • logo: Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world.

Noun used with modifier

  • coordination: The zinc coordination sphere, bond lengths and angles are shown in table 4.3.
  • probe: The fellow will introduce probes spheres ( both polystyrene and magnetic ) in to a range of cells.

Preposition: of

  • influence: Hook seems to have been firmly in the ' sphere of influence ' of Selby Abbey.
  • radius: A sphere of 200 megaparsecs radius centered on the earth is large enough to contain several large clusters of galaxies.
  • endeavor: But then commentators in every sphere of human endeavor do this every day.

Preposition: with

  • radius: An egg has an equator which is smaller than that of a sphere with the same polar radius.
sphere Quotes

The British'Sphere of Influence'öthe cricket ball.

—Anonymous

   An ineffectual attempt to direct an uncontrollable sphere into an inaccessible hole with instruments ill- adapted for the purpose.

—Churchill, Lord Randolph Henry Spencer

O more than moon, Draw not up seas to drown me in thy sphere, Weep me not dead, in thine arms, but forbear To teach the sea what it may do too soon.

—Donne,John

Wesit†and lookout attheboysintheir happy play†we kneel still with one little cheek wistfully pressed against the pane†and we go and stand before the glass.We see the complexion we were not to spoil, and the white frock† Then the curse begins to act upon us. It finishes its work when we are grown women, who no more look out wistfullyat a more healthy life; we are contented.We fit our sphere as a Chinese woman's foot fits her shoe, exactly, as though God made bothöand yet he knows nothing of either.

—Iron

To think a soul so near divine, Within a form, so angel fair, United to a heart like thine, Has gladdened once our humble sphere.

—Bronte«  , Anne

Let man's soul be a sphere, and then, in this, The intelligence that moves, devotion is.

—Donne,John

In communist society, where nobody has one exclusive sphere of activity but each canbecomeaccomplished in any branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus makes it possible for me to do one thing todayand another tomorrow, to hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening or criticize after dinner, just as I desire, without ever becoming hunter, fisherman, shepherd or critic.

—Marx, Karl Heinrich

Lord of all being, throned afar, Thy glory flames from sun and star; Centre and soul of every sphere, Yet to each loving heart how near!

—Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Mathematics is thought moving in the sphere of complete abstraction from any particular instance of what it is talking about.

—Whitehead, Alfred North

We call the heroes of the past heroes of production.We feel entitled to call the present day magazine heroes 'idols ofconsumption'.Indeed, almosteveryoneofthem is directly, or indirectly, related to the sphere of leisure time.

—Lowenthal, Leo

He his fabric of the heavens Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter, when they come to model heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame, how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances, how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb.

—Milton,John

May I repeat what I told you here: treat nature by the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, everything in perspective.

—Ce¤  zanne, Paul