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sphere

/sfɪə/

/sfɪr/

spherenoun

spheres

/sfɪə/

/sfɪr/

Translations

сфера

The Earth is not a perfect sphere.

Земля не является идеальной сферой.

шар

The artist sculpted a perfect marble sphere.

Художник вылепил идеальный мраморный шар.

область

He is an expert in the sphere of economics.

Он эксперт в области экономики.

Additional translations

сфера деятельности

круг

Definitions

A round, three-dimensional geometric object where every point on the surface is equidistant from the center.

The Earth is often modeled as a sphere in geography classes.

A field or domain of activity or interest.

She has made significant contributions in the sphere of education.

A celestial body, such as a planet or star, considered as a spherical object.

Through the telescope, Mars appeared as a small reddish sphere.

Synonyms

spherical object

sphereverb

sphered

Past Simple

sphered

Past Participle

sphering

Gerund

/sfɪə/

/sfɪr/

Archaic/literary verb meaning ‘to form into a sphere’ or ‘to place within a sphere’

Definitions

To form into a sphere or make spherical.

The potter carefully sphered the clay into a perfect globe.

To enclose or place within a surrounding sphere; to encircle.

The mountain peaks were sphered in a halo of mist.

Synonyms

sphereadjective

Used attributively before nouns in technical contexts, e.g., ‘sphere volume’.

Definitions

Used attributively before another noun to indicate that the noun is related to or characterized by a sphere.

The engineer calculated the sphere radius precisely.

Synonyms