spheres

nounglobular object

noundomain of influence

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noun globular object

Word Origin & History

1530s, restored spelling of Middle English spere (c.1300) "space, conceived as a hollow globe about the world," from Old French espere (13c.), from Latin sphaera "globe, ball, celestial sphere," from Greek sphaira "globe, ball," of unknown origin.

Sense of "ball, body of globular form" is from late 14c. Medieval astronomical meaning "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, originally in reference to Anglo-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).

Example Sentences for spheres

We see only three-dimensional sections of them, which are spheres.

They also admit of development from within their own spheres.

There was a music of the spheres as well as of the notes of the lyre.

One that is exceptionally rich in oxygen, as is true of all the spheres we handle.

Imitation is found everywhere, in all spheres of thought and of action.

Her life moved in two spheres—the College and her home, and these two sufficed.

The sun now, gone from the river, was painting other spheres.

Dawn was not far off and the spheres were drifting over the town.

If the spheres are alive, they must have something which correspond to emotions.

Apparently at this stage of incubation the spheres were harmless.

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