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sphere(2) (iou)



sphere noun. ME.
[Old French espere, later (with assim. to Greek or Latin) sphere from late Latin sphera, earlier sphaera, from Greek sphaira ball, globe.]
I.
The apparent outward limit of space, conceived as a hollow globe enclosing the earth; the sky perceived as a vault on or in which celestial objects are represented as lying; poet. the heavens, the sky. ME.
b. A material representation of the apparent form of the heavens; a globe or Other construction illustrating the place and motions of celestial objects. LME.
Hist. Each of a series of concentric transparent hollow globes envisaged by medieval astronomers as revolving round the earth and respectively carrying with them the moon, sun, planets, and fixed stars. Freq. in harmony of the spheres, Music of the spheres below. Also celestial sphere. Cf. ORB noun1 5. ME.
b. Hist. Any of the concentric globes formerly supposed to be formed around the world by the four elements, earth, water, air, and fire. LME.
With possess.: a particular sphere (sense 2) appropriate to or occupied by each of the planets or the fixed stars; fig. a sphere occupied or imagined as occupied by a deity, person, or thing. LME.
Shakespeare Hamlet Thy..eyes, like stars, start from their spheres.
A place of abode different from the present earth or world; a heaven. L16.
W. E. H. Lecky A future sphere, where..injustices..shall be rectified.
a. A place, position, or station in society; a body of people of a certain (orig. only high) rank or standing. E17.
J. Ruskin The change..was into a higher sphere of society.
b. A measure of comparison used to denote a great difference in rank, intelligence, etc. M17.
S. Marmion A civil gentleman, ten spheres below a fool.
c. With possess.: the group of people with whom one is directly in contact in society. M19.
P. G. Wodehouse The only person in his immediate sphere over whom he had no..hold.
A province or domain in which one's activities or faculties find scope, or within which they are naturally confined; the whole field or range of some quality, thing, activity, operation, etc. E17.
W. S. Churchill The need for..reforms in the sphere of government. B. Montgomery Each was an expert in his own particular sphere. M. Esslin In the social and political sphere, Adamov finds the solution in Communism.
II.
a. Geometry. A body the surface of which is at all points equidistant from the centre; a figure formed by the revolution of a circle about its diameter. LME.
b. Math. The set of all points at (or within) a specified distance from a specified point. Also (with preceding numeral or symbol), a figure analogous to a sphere in a higher dimension. M20.
A globe, a ball; the rounded mass of such a body. LME.
A. Hardy Plaice lay floating eggs: little spheres of glass-like transparency.
A planet, a star; spec. the earth. L16.
Phrases: armil sphere: see ARMIL 3a. armillary sphere: see ARMILLARY adjective. celestial sphere: see sense 2 above. CO-PROSPERITY sphere. crystalline sphere(s): see CRYSTALLINE adjective 1. harmony of the spheres Hist. = Music of the spheres below. in one's sphere at Home in one's surroundings or environment. Music of the spheres Hist. the natural harmonic tones supposedly produced by the movement of the series of concentric transparent hollow globes envisaged by medieval astronomers as revolving round the earth. oblique sphere: see OBLIQUE adjective. out of one's sphere not at Home in one's surroundings or environment. right sphere: see RIGHT adjective. Schwarzschild sphere: see SCHWARZSCHILD 2. sector of a sphere: see SECTOR noun. segment of a sphere: see SEGMENT noun 1a. sphere of action, sphere of influence, sphere of interest (a) a region or territory within which a particular nation claims or is recognized to have a special interest for political or economic purposes; (b) the area of an individual's control, interest, etc.
Comb.: sphere gap Electricity a form of spark gap with two spherical electrodes, used esp. in devices for measuring high voltages.
sphereless adjective (rare) E19.
spheriform adjective = SPHERICAL adjective 1 L17.
spherify verb trans. (rare) give a spherical form to M19.
sphery adjective (a) pertaining to or connected with the spheres or celestial objects; (b) rare having the form of a sphere: L16.

Bastard (medicine)


bastard


1. Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard, note.

2. Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so. "That bastard self-love which is so vicious in itself, and productive of so many vices." (Barrow)

3. Of an unusual make or proportion; as, a bastard musket; a bastard culverin.

4. Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.

<medicine> Bastard ashlar, three to five quill feathers on a small joint corresponding to the thumb in some mam malia; the alula.

Source: Websters Dictionary