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How to pronounce “sphere”
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Pronunciation guide for sphere
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of sphere with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Smart SPHERES: Free-Flying Space Robots
with the SPHERES project.
- Definition summary
- (mathematics) A surface in three dimensions consisting of all points equidistant from a center. [from 14th c.].
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce sphere
Smart SPHERES: Free-Flying Space Robots
with the SPHERES project.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “sphere”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (mathematics) A surface in three dimensions consisting of all points equidistant from a center. [from 14th c.].
- An object which appears to be bounded by a sphere; a round object, a ball. [from 14th c.]
- (astronomy, now rare) The celestial sphere: the edge of the heavens, imagined as a hollow globe within which celestial bodies appear to be embedded. [from 14th c.]
- (historical, astronomy, mythology) Any of the concentric hollow transparent globes formerly believed to rotate around the Earth, and which carried the heavenly bodies; there were originally believed to be eight, and later nine and ten; friction between them was thought to cause a harmonious sound (the music of the spheres). [from 14th c.]
- (mythology) An area of activity for a planet; or by extension, an area of influence for a god, hero etc. [from 14th c.]
- (figuratively) The region in which something or someone is active; one's province, domain. [from 17th c.]
- The natural, normal, or proper place (of something).
- (geometry) The set of all points in three-dimensional Euclidean space (or n-dimensional space, in topology) that are a fixed distance from a fixed point [from 20th c.].
- (logic, dated) The domain of reference of a proposition, subject, or predicate, or the totality of the particular subjects to which it applies.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To place in a sphere, or among the spheres; to ensphere.[1]
- (transitive) To make round or spherical; to perfect.[2]
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