| slovo | definícia |
sphere
(mass) | sphere
- sféra, guľa |
sphere
(encz) | sphere,dosah n: pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
sphere
(encz) | sphere,dráha planety n: pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
sphere
(encz) | sphere,glóbus n: pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
sphere
(encz) | sphere,hvězda n: pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
sphere
(encz) | sphere,koule n: pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
sphere
(encz) | sphere,kruhy n: pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
sphere
(encz) | sphere,kulička n: pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
sphere
(encz) | sphere,nebesa n: pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
sphere
(encz) | sphere,oběžnice n: pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
sphere
(encz) | sphere,oblast n: pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
sphere
(encz) | sphere,odvětví n: Mgr. Dita Gálová |
sphere
(encz) | sphere,okruh n: pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
sphere
(encz) | sphere,planeta n: pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
sphere
(encz) | sphere,pole n: pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
sphere
(encz) | sphere,rozsah n: pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
sphere
(encz) | sphere,sféra n: pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
sphere
(encz) | sphere,stálice n: pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
sphere
(encz) | sphere,systém sfér n: pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
sphere
(encz) | sphere,zeměkoule n: pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
Sphere
(gcide) | Sphere \Sphere\, n. [OE. spere, OF. espere, F. sph[`e]re, L.
sphaera,. Gr. ??? a sphere, a ball.]
1. (Geom.) A body or space contained under a single surface,
which in every part is equally distant from a point within
called its center.
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2. Hence, any globe or globular body, especially a celestial
one, as the sun, a planet, or the earth.
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Of celestial bodies, first the sun,
A mighty sphere, he framed. --Milton.
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3. (Astron.)
(a) The apparent surface of the heavens, which is assumed
to be spherical and everywhere equally distant, in
which the heavenly bodies appear to have their places,
and on which the various astronomical circles, as of
right ascension and declination, the equator,
ecliptic, etc., are conceived to be drawn; an ideal
geometrical sphere, with the astronomical and
geographical circles in their proper positions on it.
(b) In ancient astronomy, one of the concentric and
eccentric revolving spherical transparent shells in
which the stars, sun, planets, and moon were supposed
to be set, and by which they were carried, in such a
manner as to produce their apparent motions.
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4. (Logic) The extension of a general conception, or the
totality of the individuals or species to which it may be
applied.
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5. Circuit or range of action, knowledge, or influence;
compass; province; employment; place of existence.
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To be called into a huge sphere, and not to be seen
to move in 't. --Shak.
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Taking her out of the ordinary relations with
humanity, and inclosing her in a sphere by herself.
--Hawthorne.
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Each in his hidden sphere of joy or woe
Our hermit spirits dwell. --Keble.
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6. Rank; order of society; social positions.
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7. An orbit, as of a star; a socket. [R.] --Shak.
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Armillary sphere, Crystalline sphere, Oblique sphere,.
See under Armillary, Crystalline,.
Doctrine of the sphere, applications of the principles of
spherical trigonometry to the properties and relations of
the circles of the sphere, and the problems connected with
them, in astronomy and geography, as to the latitudes and
longitudes, distance and bearing, of places on the earth,
and the right ascension and declination, altitude and
azimuth, rising and setting, etc., of the heavenly bodies;
spherical geometry.
Music of the spheres. See under Music.
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Syn: Globe; orb; circle. See Globe.
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Sphere
(gcide) | Sphere \Sphere\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sphered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sphering.]
1. To place in a sphere, or among the spheres; to insphere.
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The glorious planet Sol
In noble eminence enthroned and sphered
Amidst the other. --Shak.
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2. To form into roundness; to make spherical, or spheral; to
perfect. --Tennyson.
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sphere
(wn) | sphere
n 1: a particular environment or walk of life; "his social
sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment";
"he's out of my orbit" [syn: sphere, domain, area,
orbit, field, arena]
2: any spherically shaped artifact
3: the geographical area in which one nation is very influential
[syn: sphere, sphere of influence]
4: a particular aspect of life or activity; "he was helpless in
an important sector of his life" [syn: sector, sphere]
5: a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the
space it encloses)
6: a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on
the surface is equidistant from the center
7: the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which
celestial bodies appear to be projected [syn: {celestial
sphere}, sphere, empyrean, firmament, heavens, {vault
of heaven}, welkin] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
atmosphere
(mass) | atmosphere
- atmosféra |
spheres
(mass) | spheres
- gule |
anthroposphere
(encz) | anthroposphere,antroposféra [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
atmosphere
(encz) | atmosphere,atmosféra n: atmosphere,ovzduší n: |
atmospheres
(encz) | atmospheres,atmosféry n: pl. |
bathysphere
(encz) | bathysphere,batysféra n: Zdeněk Brož |
biogeosphere
(encz) | biogeosphere,biogeosféra [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
biosphere
(encz) | biosphere,biosféra n: Zdeněk Brož |
biosphere reserve
(encz) | biosphere reserve,biosférická rezervace [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
blastosphere
(encz) | blastosphere,blastula Zdeněk Brož |
celestial sphere
(encz) | celestial sphere, |
cerebellar hemisphere
(encz) | cerebellar hemisphere, n: |
cerebral hemisphere
(encz) | cerebral hemisphere,mozková hemisféra n: [med.] Stanislav Horáček |
chromosphere
(encz) | chromosphere,chromosféra n: Zdeněk Brož |
eastern hemisphere
(encz) | Eastern Hemisphere,východní polokoule [zem.] Martin Ligač |
ecosphere
(encz) | ecosphere,ekosféra [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
exosphere
(encz) | exosphere,exosféra n: Zdeněk Brož |
geosphere
(encz) | geosphere,geosféra n: Zdeněk Brož |
heliosphere
(encz) | heliosphere,heliosféra n: Zdeněk Brož |
hemisphere
(encz) | hemisphere,hemisféra n: Stanislav Horáčekhemisphere,polokoule n: Hynek Hanke |
hydrosphere
(encz) | hydrosphere,hydrosféra n: [zem.] Ritchie |
hypersphere
(encz) | hypersphere,nadkoule Zdeněk Brož |
international geosphere-biosphere programme
(encz) | International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme,International
Geosphere-Biosphere Programme [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
ionosphere
(encz) | ionosphere,ionosféra [astr.] |
left hemisphere
(encz) | left hemisphere,levá hemisféra n: [med.] mozku Stanislav Horáček |
lithosphere
(encz) | lithosphere,litosféra n: [zem.] Ritchie |
magnetosphere
(encz) | magnetosphere,magnetosféra n: Zdeněk Brož |
man and the biosphere programme
(encz) | Man and the Biosphere Programme,Člověk a biosféra [eko.] zkr. MAB RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
mesosphere
(encz) | mesosphere,mezosféra n: Zdeněk Brož |
music of the spheres
(encz) | music of the spheres, n: |
northern hemisphere
(encz) | Northern Hemisphere,severní polokoule n: [zem.] |
oosphere
(encz) | oosphere, n: |
ozonosphere
(encz) | ozonosphere,ozonosféra n: Zdeněk Brož |
pedosphere
(encz) | pedosphere,pedosféra [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
photosphere
(encz) | photosphere,fotosféra n: Zdeněk Brož |
physics of atmosphere
(encz) | physics of atmosphere,fyzika atmosféry [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
political sphere
(encz) | political sphere, n: |
psychosphere
(encz) | psychosphere,psychosféra n: [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
rhizosphere
(encz) | rhizosphere,rhizosféra [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
right hemisphere
(encz) | right hemisphere,pravá hemisféra n: [med.] mozku Stanislav Horáček |
southern hemisphere
(encz) | Southern Hemisphere,jižní polokoule n: [zem.] Stanislav Horáček |
sphere of influence
(encz) | sphere of influence, n: |
spheres
(encz) | spheres,koule n: Zdeněk Brož |
standard atmosphere
(encz) | standard atmosphere, n: |
stratosphere
(encz) | stratosphere,stratosféra n: [meteo.] vrstva ovzduší nad troposférou Petr
Prášek |
technosphere
(encz) | technosphere,technosféra [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
tertiary sphere
(encz) | tertiary sphere,odvětví služeb Mgr. Dita Gálovátertiary sphere,terciální sféra Mgr. Dita Gálová |
thermosphere
(encz) | thermosphere, n: |
troposphere
(encz) | troposphere,troposféra n: Zdeněk Brož |
western hemisphere
(encz) | Western Hemisphere,západní polokoule n: [zem.] Petr Prášek |
western hemisphere department
(encz) | Western Hemisphere Department, |
western hemisphere division
(encz) | Western Hemisphere Division, |
international geosphere-biosphere programme
(czen) | International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme,International
Geosphere-Biosphere Programme[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
parameterized ionosphere model
(czen) | Parameterized Ionosphere Model,PIM[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
Aerosphere
(gcide) | Aerosphere \A"["e]r*o*sphere\, n. [A["e]ro- + sphere: cf. F.
a['e]rosph[`e]re.]
The atmosphere. [R.]
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Armillary sphere
(gcide) | Sphere \Sphere\, n. [OE. spere, OF. espere, F. sph[`e]re, L.
sphaera,. Gr. ??? a sphere, a ball.]
1. (Geom.) A body or space contained under a single surface,
which in every part is equally distant from a point within
called its center.
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2. Hence, any globe or globular body, especially a celestial
one, as the sun, a planet, or the earth.
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Of celestial bodies, first the sun,
A mighty sphere, he framed. --Milton.
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3. (Astron.)
(a) The apparent surface of the heavens, which is assumed
to be spherical and everywhere equally distant, in
which the heavenly bodies appear to have their places,
and on which the various astronomical circles, as of
right ascension and declination, the equator,
ecliptic, etc., are conceived to be drawn; an ideal
geometrical sphere, with the astronomical and
geographical circles in their proper positions on it.
(b) In ancient astronomy, one of the concentric and
eccentric revolving spherical transparent shells in
which the stars, sun, planets, and moon were supposed
to be set, and by which they were carried, in such a
manner as to produce their apparent motions.
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4. (Logic) The extension of a general conception, or the
totality of the individuals or species to which it may be
applied.
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5. Circuit or range of action, knowledge, or influence;
compass; province; employment; place of existence.
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To be called into a huge sphere, and not to be seen
to move in 't. --Shak.
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Taking her out of the ordinary relations with
humanity, and inclosing her in a sphere by herself.
--Hawthorne.
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Each in his hidden sphere of joy or woe
Our hermit spirits dwell. --Keble.
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6. Rank; order of society; social positions.
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7. An orbit, as of a star; a socket. [R.] --Shak.
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Armillary sphere, Crystalline sphere, Oblique sphere,.
See under Armillary, Crystalline,.
Doctrine of the sphere, applications of the principles of
spherical trigonometry to the properties and relations of
the circles of the sphere, and the problems connected with
them, in astronomy and geography, as to the latitudes and
longitudes, distance and bearing, of places on the earth,
and the right ascension and declination, altitude and
azimuth, rising and setting, etc., of the heavenly bodies;
spherical geometry.
Music of the spheres. See under Music.
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Syn: Globe; orb; circle. See Globe.
[1913 Webster]Armillary \Ar"mil*la*ry\, a. [LL. armillarius, fr. L. armilla
arm ring, bracelet, fr. armus arm: cf. F. armillaire. See
Arm, n.]
Pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting
of rings or circles.
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Armillary sphere, an ancient astronomical machine composed
of an assemblage of rings, all circles of the same sphere,
designed to represent the positions of the important
circles of the celestial sphere. --Nichol.
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asthenosphere
(gcide) | asthenosphere \asthenosphere\ n.
1. the lower layer of the earth's crust, below the
lithosphere. It is estimated as from fifty to several
hundred miles thick. It is less rigid than the
lithosphere, but still rigid enough to transmit some
transverse seismic waves. --[RHUD]
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Atmosphere
(gcide) | Atmosphere \At"mos*phere\, n. [Gr. ? vapor (akin to Skr.
[=a]tman breath, soul, G. athem breath) + ? sphere: cf. F.
atmosph[`e]re. See Sphere.]
1. (Physics)
(a) The whole mass of a["e]riform fluid surrounding the
earth; -- applied also to the gaseous envelope of any
celestial orb, or other body; as, the atmosphere of
Mars.
(b) Any gaseous envelope or medium.
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An atmosphere of cold oxygen. --Miller.
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2. A supposed medium around various bodies; as, electrical
atmosphere, a medium formerly supposed to surround
electrical bodies. --Franklin.
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3. The pressure or weight of the air at the sea level, on a
unit of surface, or about 14.7 lbs. to the sq. inch.
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Hydrogen was liquefied under a pressure of 650
atmospheres. --Lubbock.
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4. Any surrounding or pervading influence or condition.
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The chillest of social atmospheres. --Hawthorne.
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5. The portion of air in any locality, or affected by a
special physical or sanitary condition; as, the atmosphere
of the room; a moist or noxious atmosphere.
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Attraction sphere
(gcide) | Attraction sphere \At*trac"tion sphere\
1. (Zool.)
(a) The central mass of the aster in mitotic cell
division; centrosphere.
(b) Less often, the mass of archoplasm left by the aster
in the resting cell.
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2. (Bot.) A small body situated on or near the nucleus in the
cells of some of the lower plants, consisting of two
centrospheres containing centrosomes. It exercises an
important function in mitosis.
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Barysphere
(gcide) | Barysphere \Bar"y*sphere\, n. [Gr. bary`s heavy + sphere.]
(Geol.)
The heavy interior portion of the earth, within the
lithosphere.
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bathysphere
(gcide) | bathysphere \bath"y*sphere\ n.
a spherical deep diving apparatus (lowered by a cable) for
underwater exploration; it is constructed with a strong steel
shell to withstand high pressures at the ocean bottom.
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blastosphere
(gcide) | Morula \Mor"u*la\, n.; pl. Morulae. [NL., dim. of L. morum a
mulberry.] (Biol.)
The sphere or globular mass of cells (blastomeres), formed by
the clevage of the ovum or egg in the first stages of its
development; -- called also mulberry mass, {segmentation
sphere}, and blastosphere. See Segmentation.
[1913 Webster]Blastosphere \Blas"to*sphere\, n. [Gr. blasto`s sprout + E.
sphere.] (Biol.)
The hollow globe or sphere formed by the arrangement of the
blastomeres on the periphery of an impregnated ovum.
Note: [See Illust. of Invagination.]
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Blastosphere
(gcide) | Morula \Mor"u*la\, n.; pl. Morulae. [NL., dim. of L. morum a
mulberry.] (Biol.)
The sphere or globular mass of cells (blastomeres), formed by
the clevage of the ovum or egg in the first stages of its
development; -- called also mulberry mass, {segmentation
sphere}, and blastosphere. See Segmentation.
[1913 Webster]Blastosphere \Blas"to*sphere\, n. [Gr. blasto`s sprout + E.
sphere.] (Biol.)
The hollow globe or sphere formed by the arrangement of the
blastomeres on the periphery of an impregnated ovum.
Note: [See Illust. of Invagination.]
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Centrosphere
(gcide) | Centrosphere \Cen"tro*sphere\, n. [Gr. ? centre + sphere.]
1. (Geol.) The nucleus or central part of the earth, forming
most of its mass; -- disting. from lithosphere,
hydrosphere, etc.
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2. (Biol.) The central mass of an aster from which the rays
extend and within which the centrosome lies when present;
the attraction sphere. The name has been used both as
excluding and including the centrosome, and also to
designate a modified mass of protoplasm about a centrosome
whether aster rays are developed or not.
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Cerebral hemispheres
(gcide) | Hemisphere \Hem"i*sphere\, n. [L. hemisphaerium, Gr. ?; ? half =
? sphere: cf. F. h['e]misph[`e]re. See Hemi-, and
Sphere.]
1. A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided
by a plane passing through its center.
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2. Half of the terrestrial globe, or a projection of the same
in a map or picture.
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3. The people who inhabit a hemisphere.
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He died . . . mourned by a hemisphere. --J. P.
Peters.
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Cerebral hemispheres. (Anat.) See Brain.
Magdeburg hemispheres (Physics), two hemispherical cups
forming, when placed together, a cavity from which the air
can be withdrawn by an air pump; -- used to illustrate the
pressure of the air. So called because invented by Otto
von Guericke at Magdeburg. Hemispheric |
Chromatosphere
(gcide) | Chromatosphere \Chro"ma*to*sphere`\, n.
A chromosphere. [R.]
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Chromosphere
(gcide) | Chromosphere \Chro"mo*sphere\, n. [Gr. ? color + E. sphere.]
(Astron.)
An atmosphere of rare matter, composed principally of
incandescent hydrogen gas, surrounding the sun and enveloping
the photosphere. Portions of the chromosphere are here and
there thrown up into enormous tongues of flame.
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Circle of the sphere
(gcide) | Circle \Cir"cle\ (s[~e]r"k'l), n. [OE. cercle, F. cercle, fr. L.
circulus (Whence also AS. circul), dim. of circus circle,
akin to Gr. kri`kos, ki`rkos, circle, ring. Cf. Circus,
Circum-.]
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1. A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its
circumference, every part of which is equally distant from
a point within it, called the center.
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2. The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a
ring.
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3. (Astron.) An instrument of observation, the graduated limb
of which consists of an entire circle.
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Note: When it is fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is
called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope
on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a
meridian circle or transit circle; when involving
the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a
reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an
angle several times continuously along the graduated
limb, a repeating circle.
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4. A round body; a sphere; an orb.
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It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth.
--Is. xi. 22.
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5. Compass; circuit; inclosure.
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In the circle of this forest. --Shak.
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6. A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a
central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a
class or division of society; a coterie; a set.
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As his name gradually became known, the circle of
his acquaintance widened. --Macaulay.
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7. A circular group of persons; a ring.
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8. A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
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Thus in a circle runs the peasant's pain. --Dryden.
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9. (Logic) A form of argument in which two or more unproved
statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive
reasoning.
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That heavy bodies descend by gravity; and, again,
that gravity is a quality whereby a heavy body
descends, is an impertinent circle and teaches
nothing. --Glanvill.
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10. Indirect form of words; circumlocution. [R.]
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Has he given the lie,
In circle, or oblique, or semicircle. --J.
Fletcher.
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11. A territorial division or district.
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Note:
The Circles of the Holy Roman Empire, ten in number, were
those principalities or provinces which had seats in the
German Diet.
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Azimuth circle. See under Azimuth.
Circle of altitude (Astron.), a circle parallel to the
horizon, having its pole in the zenith; an almucantar.
Circle of curvature. See Osculating circle of a curve
(Below).
Circle of declination. See under Declination.
Circle of latitude.
(a) (Astron.) A great circle perpendicular to the plane
of the ecliptic, passing through its poles.
(b) (Spherical Projection) A small circle of the sphere
whose plane is perpendicular to the axis.
Circles of longitude, lesser circles parallel to the
ecliptic, diminishing as they recede from it.
Circle of perpetual apparition, at any given place, the
boundary of that space around the elevated pole, within
which the stars never set. Its distance from the pole is
equal to the latitude of the place.
Circle of perpetual occultation, at any given place, the
boundary of the space around the depressed pole, within
which the stars never rise.
Circle of the sphere, a circle upon the surface of the
sphere, called a great circle when its plane passes
through the center of the sphere; in all other cases, a
small circle.
Diurnal circle. See under Diurnal.
Dress circle, a gallery in a theater, generally the one
containing the prominent and more expensive seats.
Druidical circles (Eng. Antiq.), a popular name for certain
ancient inclosures formed by rude stones circularly
arranged, as at Stonehenge, near Salisbury.
Family circle, a gallery in a theater, usually one
containing inexpensive seats.
Horary circles (Dialing), the lines on dials which show the
hours.
Osculating circle of a curve (Geom.), the circle which
touches the curve at some point in the curve, and close to
the point more nearly coincides with the curve than any
other circle. This circle is used as a measure of the
curvature of the curve at the point, and hence is called
circle of curvature.
Pitch circle. See under Pitch.
Vertical circle, an azimuth circle.
Voltaic circuit or Voltaic circle. See under Circuit.
To square the circle. See under Square.
Syn: Ring; circlet; compass; circuit; inclosure.
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Coccosphere
(gcide) | Coccosphere \Coc"co*sphere\, n. [Gr. ? a grain, seed + E.
sphere.] (Biol.)
A small, rounded, marine organism, capable of braking up into
coccoliths.
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Cosmosphere
(gcide) | Cosmosphere \Cos"mo*sphere\ (k[o^]z"m?-sf?r), n. [Gr. ko`smos
the world + E. sphere.]
An apparatus for showing the position of the earth, at any
given time, with respect to the fixed stars. It consist of a
hollow glass globe, on which are depicted the stars and
constellations, and within which is a terrestrial globe.
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Crystalline sphere
(gcide) | Sphere \Sphere\, n. [OE. spere, OF. espere, F. sph[`e]re, L.
sphaera,. Gr. ??? a sphere, a ball.]
1. (Geom.) A body or space contained under a single surface,
which in every part is equally distant from a point within
called its center.
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2. Hence, any globe or globular body, especially a celestial
one, as the sun, a planet, or the earth.
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Of celestial bodies, first the sun,
A mighty sphere, he framed. --Milton.
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3. (Astron.)
(a) The apparent surface of the heavens, which is assumed
to be spherical and everywhere equally distant, in
which the heavenly bodies appear to have their places,
and on which the various astronomical circles, as of
right ascension and declination, the equator,
ecliptic, etc., are conceived to be drawn; an ideal
geometrical sphere, with the astronomical and
geographical circles in their proper positions on it.
(b) In ancient astronomy, one of the concentric and
eccentric revolving spherical transparent shells in
which the stars, sun, planets, and moon were supposed
to be set, and by which they were carried, in such a
manner as to produce their apparent motions.
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4. (Logic) The extension of a general conception, or the
totality of the individuals or species to which it may be
applied.
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5. Circuit or range of action, knowledge, or influence;
compass; province; employment; place of existence.
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To be called into a huge sphere, and not to be seen
to move in 't. --Shak.
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Taking her out of the ordinary relations with
humanity, and inclosing her in a sphere by herself.
--Hawthorne.
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Each in his hidden sphere of joy or woe
Our hermit spirits dwell. --Keble.
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6. Rank; order of society; social positions.
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7. An orbit, as of a star; a socket. [R.] --Shak.
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Armillary sphere, Crystalline sphere, Oblique sphere,.
See under Armillary, Crystalline,.
Doctrine of the sphere, applications of the principles of
spherical trigonometry to the properties and relations of
the circles of the sphere, and the problems connected with
them, in astronomy and geography, as to the latitudes and
longitudes, distance and bearing, of places on the earth,
and the right ascension and declination, altitude and
azimuth, rising and setting, etc., of the heavenly bodies;
spherical geometry.
Music of the spheres. See under Music.
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Syn: Globe; orb; circle. See Globe.
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Crystalline spheres
(gcide) | Crystalline \Crys"tal*line\ (kr?s"tal-l?n or -l?n; 277), a. [L.
crystallinus, from Gr. ????: cf. F. cristallin. See
Crystal.]
1. Consisting, or made, of crystal.
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Mount, eagle, to my palace crystalline. --Shak.
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2. Formed by crystallization; like crystal in texture.
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Their crystalline structure. --Whewell.
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3. Imperfectly crystallized; as, granite is only crystalline,
while quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized.
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4. Fig.: Resembling crystal; pure; transparent; pellucid.
"The crystalline sky." --Milton.
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Crystalline heavens, or Crystalline spheres, in the
Ptolemaic system of astronomy, two transparent spheres
imagined to exist between the region of the fixed stars
and the primum mobile (or outer circle of the heavens,
which by its motion was supposed to carry round all those
within it), in order to explain certain movements of the
heavenly bodies.
Crystalline lens (Anat.), the capsular lenslike body in the
eye, serving to focus the rays of light. It consists of
rodlike cells derived from the external embryonic
epithelium.
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Doctrine of the sphere
(gcide) | Sphere \Sphere\, n. [OE. spere, OF. espere, F. sph[`e]re, L.
sphaera,. Gr. ??? a sphere, a ball.]
1. (Geom.) A body or space contained under a single surface,
which in every part is equally distant from a point within
called its center.
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2. Hence, any globe or globular body, especially a celestial
one, as the sun, a planet, or the earth.
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Of celestial bodies, first the sun,
A mighty sphere, he framed. --Milton.
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3. (Astron.)
(a) The apparent surface of the heavens, which is assumed
to be spherical and everywhere equally distant, in
which the heavenly bodies appear to have their places,
and on which the various astronomical circles, as of
right ascension and declination, the equator,
ecliptic, etc., are conceived to be drawn; an ideal
geometrical sphere, with the astronomical and
geographical circles in their proper positions on it.
(b) In ancient astronomy, one of the concentric and
eccentric revolving spherical transparent shells in
which the stars, sun, planets, and moon were supposed
to be set, and by which they were carried, in such a
manner as to produce their apparent motions.
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4. (Logic) The extension of a general conception, or the
totality of the individuals or species to which it may be
applied.
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5. Circuit or range of action, knowledge, or influence;
compass; province; employment; place of existence.
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To be called into a huge sphere, and not to be seen
to move in 't. --Shak.
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Taking her out of the ordinary relations with
humanity, and inclosing her in a sphere by herself.
--Hawthorne.
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Each in his hidden sphere of joy or woe
Our hermit spirits dwell. --Keble.
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6. Rank; order of society; social positions.
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7. An orbit, as of a star; a socket. [R.] --Shak.
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Armillary sphere, Crystalline sphere, Oblique sphere,.
See under Armillary, Crystalline,.
Doctrine of the sphere, applications of the principles of
spherical trigonometry to the properties and relations of
the circles of the sphere, and the problems connected with
them, in astronomy and geography, as to the latitudes and
longitudes, distance and bearing, of places on the earth,
and the right ascension and declination, altitude and
azimuth, rising and setting, etc., of the heavenly bodies;
spherical geometry.
Music of the spheres. See under Music.
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Syn: Globe; orb; circle. See Globe.
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Electric atmosphere
(gcide) | Electric \E*lec"tric\ ([-e]*l[e^]k"tr[i^]k), Electrical
\E*lec"tric*al\ ([-e]*l[e^]k"tr[i^]*kal), a. [L. electrum amber,
a mixed metal, Gr. 'h`lektron; akin to 'hle`ktwr the beaming
sun, cf. Skr. arc to beam, shine: cf. F. ['e]lectrique. The
name came from the production of electricity by the friction
of amber.]
1. Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing,
derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric
power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an
electric spark; an electric charge; an electric current;
an electrical engineer.
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2. Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as,
an electric or electrical machine or substance; an
electric generator.
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3. Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic. "Electric Pindar."
--Mrs. Browning.
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4. powered by electricity; as, electrical appliances; an
electric toothbrush; an electric automobile.
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Electric atmosphere, or Electric aura. See under Aura.
Electrical battery. See Battery.
Electrical brush. See under Brush.
Electric cable. See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph.
Electric candle. See under Candle.
Electric cat (Zo["o]l.), one of three or more large species
of African catfish of the genus Malapterurus (esp. {M.
electricus} of the Nile). They have a large electrical
organ and are able to give powerful shocks; -- called also
sheathfish.
Electric clock. See under Clock, and see
Electro-chronograph.
Electric current, a current or stream of electricity
traversing a closed circuit formed of conducting
substances, or passing by means of conductors from one
body to another which is in a different electrical state.
Electric eel, or Electrical eel (Zo["o]l.), a South
American eel-like fresh-water fish of the genus Gymnotus
(G. electricus), from two to five feet in length,
capable of giving a violent electric shock. See
Gymnotus.
Electrical fish (Zo["o]l.), any fish which has an
electrical organ by means of which it can give an
electrical shock. The best known kinds are the torpedo,
the gymnotus, or electrical eel, and the {electric
cat}. See Torpedo, and Gymnotus.
Electric fluid, the supposed matter of electricity;
lightning. [archaic]
Electrical image (Elec.), a collection of electrical points
regarded as forming, by an analogy with optical phenomena,
an image of certain other electrical points, and used in
the solution of electrical problems. --Sir W. Thomson.
Electric machine, or Electrical machine, an apparatus for
generating, collecting, or exciting, electricity, as by
friction.
Electric motor. See Electro-motor, 2.
Electric osmose. (Physics) See under Osmose.
Electric pen, a hand pen for making perforated stencils for
multiplying writings. It has a puncturing needle driven at
great speed by a very small magneto-electric engine on the
penhandle.
Electric railway, a railway in which the machinery for
moving the cars is driven by an electric current.
Electric ray (Zo["o]l.), the torpedo.
Electric telegraph. See Telegraph.
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Ensphere
(gcide) | Ensphere \En*sphere"\, v. t. [Pref. en- + sphere. Cf.
Insphere.]
1. To place in a sphere; to envelop.
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His ample shoulders in a cloud ensphered. --Chapman.
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2. To form into a sphere.
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