Sphere
noun
A round, 3D shape that is similar to a ball.
The Earth is not a perfect sphere, but it is close.
Often appears as...
- perfect sphere
- spherical shape
noun
An area of interest, activity, or expertise.
He has a wide sphere of knowledge in biology and chemistry.
Often appears as...
- sphere of influence
- sphere of activity
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Academic
noun
A group or society distinguished by particular characteristics or values.
The sphere of academia encourages intellectualism.
Often appears as...
- public sphere
- private sphere
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Academic
noun
The place or environment within which a person or thing exists.
His quiet home was a peaceful sphere away from the bustling city.
Often appears as...
- warm sphere
- comfort sphere
noun
In astronomy, the apparent surface of the sky, on which celestial bodies appear to be projected.
Stars appear fixed on the celestial sphere.
Often appears as...
- celestial sphere
- stellar sphere
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noun
A round, 3D shape that is similar to a ball.
The Earth is not a perfect sphere, but it is close.
Often appears as...
- perfect sphere
- spherical shape
noun
An area of interest, activity, or expertise.
He has a wide sphere of knowledge in biology and chemistry.
Often appears as...
- sphere of influence
- sphere of activity
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Academic
noun
A group or society distinguished by particular characteristics or values.
The sphere of academia encourages intellectualism.
Often appears as...
- public sphere
- private sphere
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The place or environment within which a person or thing exists.
His quiet home was a peaceful sphere away from the bustling city.
Often appears as...
- warm sphere
- comfort sphere
noun
In astronomy, the apparent surface of the sky, on which celestial bodies appear to be projected.
Stars appear fixed on the celestial sphere.
Often appears as...
- celestial sphere
- stellar sphere
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Technical
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Pro Tip 1/2Physical Object
Used when discussing actual round objects, like a ball or planet.
She threw the sphere into the water with a splash.
Pro Tip 2/2Metaphorical Use
Sometimes used metaphorically to imply completeness or unity.
They joined forces to create a sphere of trust.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Object
Used when discussing actual round objects, like a ball or planet.
She threw the sphere into the water with a splash.
Pro Tip 2/2Metaphorical Use
Sometimes used metaphorically to imply completeness or unity.
They joined forces to create a sphere of trust.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Object
Used when discussing actual round objects, like a ball or planet.
She threw the sphere into the water with a splash.
Pro Tip 2/2Metaphorical Use
Sometimes used metaphorically to imply completeness or unity.
They joined forces to create a sphere of trust.
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Chris Milk: How virtual...
So we're shooting in every direction. This is a camera system that we built that has 3D cameras that look in every direction and binaural microphones that face in every direction. We take this and we build, basically, a sphere of a world that you inhabit. So what I'm going to show you is not a view into the world, it's basically the whole world stretched into a rectangle.
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How to take a picture of...
carving out a sphere of darkness. This bright ring reveals the black hole's event horizon, where the gravitational pull becomes so great that not even light can escape. Einstein's equations predict the size and shape of this ring, so taking a picture of it wouldn't only be really cool, it would also help to verify that these equations hold
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Exploring other...
and even the insides of his friends, which is probably pretty awkward. Once the hapless square comes to terms with the third dimension, he begs his host to help him visit the fourth and higher dimensions, but the sphere bristles at the mere suggestion of dimensions higher than three
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James Cameron Breaks...
state-of-the-art submersible for the deepest solo man dive in history the whole sub actually squeezes down almost three inches in length when it gets to the bottom of the ocean just because of the pressure the sphere that I'm in actually actually shrinks the the window
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Journey 1000m Below The...
and darker the deeper we go the greater the pressure on the outside of the Sun but we don't feel that inside just very occasionally we'll hear the acrylic sphere creaking under the strain we believe the squid we seek live anywhere in the twilight zone that
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Is there a limit to...
would harness both stellar energy and subatomic technologies. But these predictions weren't made just for us humans. They double as a possible means of detecting intelligent life in the universe. If we find a Dyson sphere around a distant star,
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How I held my breath for...
I would get comfortable in that situation and I would slow my metabolism, which I was sure would help me hold my breath longer than I had been able to do it. I was completely wrong. I entered the sphere a week before the scheduled air date.
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Photosynth 2: Exploring...
that when you're trying to fuse images together onto a sphere you really need to hold the device still in space and only rotate because otherwise you introduce parallax and then it becomes very hard to create a stitch from a
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Eduardo Sáenz de...
without leaving any gaps, I can use cubes, right? Not spheres, those leave little gaps. What is the best shape to use? Lord Kelvin, of the famous Kelvin degrees and all, said that the best was to use a truncated octahedron
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Who built Great...
The city generated its riches by controlling the sources and trade of the most prized gold, ivory, and copper. With this mercantile power, it was able to extend its sphere of influence across continents,
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Chris Milk: How virtual...
So we're shooting in every direction. This is a camera system that we built that has 3D cameras that look in every direction and binaural microphones that face in every direction. We take this and we build, basically, a sphere of a world that you inhabit. So what I'm going to show you is not a view into the world, it's basically the whole world stretched into a rectangle.
Video examples
How to take a picture of...
carving out a sphere of darkness. This bright ring reveals the black hole's event horizon, where the gravitational pull becomes so great that not even light can escape. Einstein's equations predict the size and shape of this ring, so taking a picture of it wouldn't only be really cool, it would also help to verify that these equations hold
Video examples
Exploring other...
and even the insides of his friends, which is probably pretty awkward. Once the hapless square comes to terms with the third dimension, he begs his host to help him visit the fourth and higher dimensions, but the sphere bristles at the mere suggestion of dimensions higher than three
Video examples
James Cameron Breaks...
state-of-the-art submersible for the deepest solo man dive in history the whole sub actually squeezes down almost three inches in length when it gets to the bottom of the ocean just because of the pressure the sphere that I'm in actually actually shrinks the the window
Video examples
Journey 1000m Below The...
and darker the deeper we go the greater the pressure on the outside of the Sun but we don't feel that inside just very occasionally we'll hear the acrylic sphere creaking under the strain we believe the squid we seek live anywhere in the twilight zone that
Video examples
Is there a limit to...
would harness both stellar energy and subatomic technologies. But these predictions weren't made just for us humans. They double as a possible means of detecting intelligent life in the universe. If we find a Dyson sphere around a distant star,
Video examples
How I held my breath for...
I would get comfortable in that situation and I would slow my metabolism, which I was sure would help me hold my breath longer than I had been able to do it. I was completely wrong. I entered the sphere a week before the scheduled air date.
Video examples
Photosynth 2: Exploring...
that when you're trying to fuse images together onto a sphere you really need to hold the device still in space and only rotate because otherwise you introduce parallax and then it becomes very hard to create a stitch from a
Video examples
Eduardo Sáenz de...
without leaving any gaps, I can use cubes, right? Not spheres, those leave little gaps. What is the best shape to use? Lord Kelvin, of the famous Kelvin degrees and all, said that the best was to use a truncated octahedron
Video examples
Who built Great...
The city generated its riches by controlling the sources and trade of the most prized gold, ivory, and copper. With this mercantile power, it was able to extend its sphere of influence across continents,
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Jon Meacham
American Editor
Environmental concern is a little like dieting or paying off credit-card debt - an episodically terrific idea that burns brightly and then seems to fade when we realize there's a reason we need to diet or pay down our debt. The reason is that it's really, really hard, and too many of us in too many spheres of life choose the easy over the hard.
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Michael Dickinson
American Scientist
There's so many mysteries related to how flies are able to make their way through the world. I'd certainly like to know a lot more about how their brain works. I'd certainly like to know a lot more about just how they're put together. I mean, these animals are basically, topologically, spheres. They don't have bones as we do, of course.
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Howard Rheingold
American Critic
Kids automatically teach each other how to use technology, but they're not going to teach each other about the history of democracy, or the importance of taking their voices into the public sphere to create social change.
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Jason Silva
American Director
Techno-optimism is a belief in the power of technology to extend our sphere of possibilities and, ultimately, a belief that technology helps us solve and transcend problems, limitations and obstacles.
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Nikola Tesla
Inventor
Every living being is an engine geared to the wheelwork of the universe. Though seemingly affected only by its immediate surrounding, the sphere of external influence extends to infinite distance.
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Jon Kabat-Zinn
American Educator
To drop into being means to recognize your interconnectedness with all life, and with being itself. Your very nature is being part of larger and larger spheres of wholeness.
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Rose Matafeo
Unfortunately we live in a world where I think women aren't actively encouraged or at least not empowered to make good work in every creative sphere, particularly in comedy.
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Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
The media need superheroes in science just as in every sphere of life, but there is really a continuous range of abilities with no clear dividing line.
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
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Carl Maria von Weber
German Composer
An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
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Jon Meacham
American Editor
Environmental concern is a little like dieting or paying off credit-card debt - an episodically terrific idea that burns brightly and then seems to fade when we realize there's a reason we need to diet or pay down our debt. The reason is that it's really, really hard, and too many of us in too many spheres of life choose the easy over the hard.
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Michael Dickinson
American Scientist
There's so many mysteries related to how flies are able to make their way through the world. I'd certainly like to know a lot more about how their brain works. I'd certainly like to know a lot more about just how they're put together. I mean, these animals are basically, topologically, spheres. They don't have bones as we do, of course.
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Howard Rheingold
American Critic
Kids automatically teach each other how to use technology, but they're not going to teach each other about the history of democracy, or the importance of taking their voices into the public sphere to create social change.
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Jason Silva
American Director
Techno-optimism is a belief in the power of technology to extend our sphere of possibilities and, ultimately, a belief that technology helps us solve and transcend problems, limitations and obstacles.
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Nikola Tesla
Inventor
Every living being is an engine geared to the wheelwork of the universe. Though seemingly affected only by its immediate surrounding, the sphere of external influence extends to infinite distance.
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Jon Kabat-Zinn
American Educator
To drop into being means to recognize your interconnectedness with all life, and with being itself. Your very nature is being part of larger and larger spheres of wholeness.
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Rose Matafeo
Unfortunately we live in a world where I think women aren't actively encouraged or at least not empowered to make good work in every creative sphere, particularly in comedy.
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Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
The media need superheroes in science just as in every sphere of life, but there is really a continuous range of abilities with no clear dividing line.
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
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Carl Maria von Weber
German Composer
An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
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