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globe
[glohb] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, globed, glob·ing.
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[glohb] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, globed, glob·ing. –noun
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–verb (used without object)
| 1. | the planet Earth (usually prec. by the). |
| 2. | a planet or other celestial body. |
| 3. | a sphere on which is depicted a map of the earth (terrestrial globe) or of the heavens (celestial globe). |
| 4. | a spherical body; sphere. |
| 5. | anything more or less spherical, as a lampshade or a glass fishbowl. |
| 6. | a golden ball traditionally borne as an emblem of sovereignty; orb. |
| 7. | to form into a globe. |
| 8. | to take the form of a globe. |
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < MF globe < L globus round body, ball, sphere
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globelike, adjective
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| globe
(glōb) Pronunciation Key
n.
intr. & tr.v. globed, glob·ing, globes To assume the shape of or form into a sphere. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin globus.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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globe
1551, "sphere," from L. globus "round mass, sphere," related to gleba "clod, soil, land." Sense of "planet earth," or a three-dimensional map of it first attested 1553. Globalization first attested 1959. Global village first attested 1960, popularized, if not coined, by Canadian educator Marshall McLuhan (1911-80).
"Postliterate man's electronic media contract the world to a village or tribe where everything happens to everyone at the same time: everyone knows about, and therefore participates in, everything that is happening the minute it happens. Television gives this quality of simultaneity to events in the global village." [Carpenter & McLuhan, "Explorations in Communication," 1960]
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| globe | |
noun | |
| 1. | the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world" [syn: Earth] |
| 2. | an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire" [syn: ball] |
| 3. | a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented |
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Globe, AZ (city, FIPS 28030) Location: 33.38281 N, 110.75431 W
Population (1990): 6062 (2615 housing units)
Area: 21.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 85501
U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Globe
Globe\, n. [L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus a ball of yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe.]1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere. 2. Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp. 3. The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by the definite article. --Locke. 4. A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; -- called also artificial globe. 5. A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans, answering to the modern infantry square. Him round A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed. --Milton. Globe amaranth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gomphrena (G. globosa), bearing round heads of variously colored flowers, which long retain color when gathered. Globe animalcule, a small, globular, locomotive organism (Volvox globator), once throught to be an animal, afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic alg[ae]. Globe of compression (Mil.), a kind of mine producing a wide crater; -- called also overcharged mine. Globe daisy (Bot.), a plant or flower of the genus Globularing, common in Europe. The flowers are minute and form globular heads. Globe sight, a form of front sight placed on target rifles. Globe slater (Zo["o]l.), an isopod crustacean of the genus Spheroma. Globe thistle (Bot.), a thistlelike plant with the flowers in large globular heads (Cynara Scolymus); also, certain species of the related genus Echinops. Globe valve. (a) A ball valve. (b) A valve inclosed in a globular chamber. --Knight. Syn: Globe, Sphere, Orb, Ball. Usage: Globe denotes a round, and usually a solid body; sphere is the term applied in astronomy to such a body, or to the concentric spheres or orbs of the old astronomers; orb is used, especially in poetry, for globe or sphere, and also for the pathway of a heavenly body; ball is applied to the heavenly bodies concieved of as impelled through space.
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Globe
Globe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Globed; p. pr. & vb. n. Globing.] To gather or form into a globe.
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