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Sphere

/sfɪə/

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 .

📖 Definitions of "Sphere"

noun
  1. 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. 2

    A spherical physical object; a globe or ball.

  3. 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. 4

    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).

verb
  1. 1

    To place in a sphere, or among the spheres; to ensphere.

  2. 2

    To make round or spherical; to perfect.

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