[glohb] 
noun, verb, globed, glob⋅ing.| 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. |
| globe (glōb) n.
To assume the shape of or form into a sphere. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin globus.] |
"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
sphere or ball that bears a map of the Earth on its surface and is mounted on an axle that permits rotation. The ancient Greeks, who knew the Earth to be a sphere, were the first to use globes to represent the surface of the Earth. Crates of Mallus is said to have made one in about 150 BC. The earliest surviving terrestrial globe was made in Nurnberg in 1492 by Martin Behaim, who almost undoubtedly influenced Christopher Columbus to attempt to sail west to the Orient. In ancient times, globes also were used to represent the constellations; the earliest surviving globe is the marble Farnese globe, a celestial globe dating from about AD 25
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