Sphere - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|sfɪr|
Brit.
|sfɪə|
noun
- a particular environment or walk of life (syn: area, arena, domain, field, orbit)
- the geographical area in which one nation is very influential
- a particular aspect of life or activity (syn: sector)
- a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses)
- a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center
- the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected (syn: empyrean, firmament, welkin)
his social sphere is limited
- any spherically shaped artifact- the geographical area in which one nation is very influential
- a particular aspect of life or activity (syn: sector)
- a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses)
- a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center
- the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected (syn: empyrean, firmament, welkin)
Extra examples
All points on a sphere are the same distance from the center.
Women at that time were confined to the domestic sphere.
They recognize that jobs in the public sphere are valuable.
It is outside my sphere of responsibility.
He is a person of quite another sphere.
Women have often been excluded from positions of power in the public sphere.
She moved on, leaving behind the world of politics for the more congenial sphere of the arts.
...a man with some archaic notions about the proper sphere for women...
A sphere is a solid figure.
Word forms
noun
singular: sphere
plural: spheres
singular: sphere
plural: spheres
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