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noun
1.
Geometry.
a.
a solid geometric figure generated by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter; a round body whose surface is at all points equidistant from the center. Equation: x2 + y2 + z2 = r2.
b.
the surface of such a figure; a spherical surface.
2.
any rounded body approximately of this form; a globular mass, shell, etc.
3.
Astronomy.
a.
a planet or star; heavenly body.
4.
the place or environment within which a person or thing exists; a field of activity or operation: to be out of one's professional sphere.
5.
EXPANDa particular social world, stratum of society, or walk of life: His social sphere is small.
6.
COLLAPSEa field of something specified: a sphere of knowledge.
verb (used with object)
7.
to enclose in or as if in a sphere.
8.
to form into a sphere.
9.
to place among the heavenly spheres.
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Origin:
1250–1300; < Late Latin sphēra, Latin sphaera globe < Greek sphaîra ball; replacing Middle English spere < Old French spere < Late Latin spēra, variant of sphēra
1250–1300; < Late Latin sphēra, Latin sphaera globe < Greek sphaîra ball; replacing Middle English spere < Old French spere < Late Latin spēra, variant of sphēra
Related forms
sphere·less, adjective
sphere·like, adjective
sub·sphere, noun
un·spher·ing, adjective
Synonyms
4. orbit, area, province, compass, realm, domain. 5. class, rank.
4. orbit, area, province, compass, realm, domain. 5. class, rank.
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Word Origin & History
sphere
1530s, restored spelling of M.E. spere (c.1300) "space, conceived as a hollow globe about the world," from O.Fr. espere (13c.), from L. sphæra "globe, ball, celestial sphere," from Gk. sphaira "globe, ball," of unknown origin. Sense of "ball, body of globular form" is from late 14c. Medieval astronomical
EXPANDmeaning "one of the 8 (later 10) concentric, transparent, hollow globes believed to revolve around the earth and carry the heavenly bodies" is from late 14c.; the supposed harmonious sound they made rubbing against one another was the music of the spheres (late 14c.). Meaning "range of something" is first recorded c.1600 (e.g. sphere of influence (1885), in reference to British-German colonial rivalry in Africa). A spherical number (1640s) is one whose powers always terminate in the same digit as the number itself (5,6, and 10 are the only ones).
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Medical Dictionary
sphere (sfēr)
n.
A ball-shaped or a globular body.
spher'al (sfēr'əl) adj.
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Science Dictionary
sphere  (sfîr) Pronunciation Key
A three-dimensional geometric surface having all of its points the same distance from a given point. |
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