sphere - definition and translation

sphere bundle sphere congruence sphere electrode sphere gap sphere gap voltmeter sphere of complex numbers sphere of curvature sphere of influence sphere penetrator sphere photometer sphere plastic sphere point sphere product sphere spectrum sphere valve sphere-like space sphere-pac fuel sphere-pack fuel pin sphere-preserving transformation sphere-shaped sphered-shaped sphereing

Большой англо-русский словарь:

sphere
1. имя существительное
1) сфера; шар
      Синоним(ы):
      ball I 1.
2)
   а) планета; небесное светило; небесное тело
   б) модель планеты, глобус
         Синоним(ы):
         globe 1.
   в) устаревшее орбита (небесного тела)
         Синоним(ы):
         orbit 1.
3)
   а) поэтическое небеса, небо
   б) = celestial sphere небесная сфера
4)
   а) сфера (деятельности), круг (интересов), поле (деятельности)
         Например: within / outside somebody's sphere of influence — в сфере влияния, за пределами сферы влияния кого-либо
         It is outside my sphere of responsibility. — Это вне моей сферы ответственности.
         The territory north of the Strait of Malacca was within the British sphere of influence. — Территория к северу от Малаккского пролива находилась в сфере влияния Великобритании.
   б) социальная среда, круг общения
         Например: He is a person of quite another sphere. — Он - человек совершенно другого круга.
2. глагол; литературно-книжное
1) (= sphere about) замыкать в круг; заключать в сферу, обволакивать со всех сторон
      Синоним(ы):
      encircle, engird, surround, ensphere
2)
   а) придавать форму шара
         Синоним(ы):
         ensphere
   б) надувать; наполнять
         Например: a glass sphered with wine — бокал, наполненный вином
         to sphere the cheeks — надуть щёки
3) = sphere above / up превозносить до небес
4) сосредотачиваться (на чём-либо)
      Например: intimacy to all that this life spheres in — близость ко всему, в чём сосредоточена жизнь (активность)
      Синоним(ы):
      centre 2.

Англо-русский научно-технический словарь:

sphere
1) поле [сфера] деятельности
2) сфера, шар
   Например: mapping into a sphere — математика отображение в сферу
   sphere with a handle — математика сфера с ручкой
   sphere with a hole — математика сфера с отверстием
   to develop a sphere on a plane — разворачивать сферическую поверхность на плоскости
   - absolute sphere
   - affine sphere
   - belt sphere
   - circumscribed sphere
   - closed sphere
   - cohomology sphere
   - combinatorial sphere
   - comeridian sphere
   - complex sphere
   - connected sphere
   - contacting sphere
   - convex sphere
   - covering sphere
   - degenerate sphere
   - differentiable sphere
   - distorted sphere
   - doubly covering sphere
   - exotic sphere
   - flat sphere
   - flexible sphere
   - four-dimensional sphere
   - framed homotopic sphere
   - full sphere
   - generalized sphere
   - geodesic sphere
   - gluing sphere
   - hairy sphere
   - hollow sphere
   - homogeneous sphere
   - homological sphere
   - homotopy sphere
   - horned sphere
   - hyperbolic sphere
   - imaginary sphere
   - infinite-dimensional sphere
   - inscribed sphere
   - integrating sphere
   - inverse of sphere
   - knotted sphere
   - left-hand sphere
   - limit sphere
   - local sphere
   - locally flat sphere
   - multidimensional sphere
   - n-dimensional sphere
   - negative sphere
   - odd-dimensional sphere
   - once-punctured sphere
   - open solid sphere
   - open sphere
   - ordinary sphere
   - oriented sphere
   - osculating sphere
   - paratactic sphere
   - pointed sphere
   - polyhedral sphere
   - projective sphere
   - quasicomplex sphere
   - real sphere
   - right-hand sphere
   - secant sphere
   - sole sphere
   - solid sphere
   - sphere of complex numbers
   - sphere of curvature
   - spiny sphere
   - standard sphere
   - tame sphere
   - tangent sphere
   - topological sphere
   - totally disconnected sphere
   - twice-punctured sphere
   - twisted sphere
   - two-dimensional sphere
   - uniformly rotund sphere
   - unit sphere
   - unknotted sphere
   - wild sphere
   - zero sphere

Англо-русский политехнический словарь:

sphere
1) сфера
2) шар; шарик
3) земной шар
4) сферический резервуар
- batching sphere
- Debye sphere
- hollow spheres
- in-built sphere
- microballoon spheres
- solvation sphere
- steel sphere
- Ulbricht sphere

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary:

sphere
I. noun
Etymology: Middle English spere globe, celestial sphere, from Anglo-French espere, from Latin sphaera, from Greek sphaira, literally, ball; perhaps akin to Greek spairein to quiver — more at spurn
Date: 14th century
1.
a.
(1) the apparent surface of the heavens of which half forms the dome of the visible sky
(2) any of the concentric and eccentric revolving spherical transparent shells in which according to ancient astronomy stars, sun, planets, and moon are set
b. a globe depicting such a sphere; broadly globe a
2.
a. a globular body ; ball
b. planet, star
c.
(1) a solid that is bounded by a surface consisting of all points at a given distance from a point constituting its center — see volume table
(2) the bounding surface of a sphere
3. natural, normal, or proper place; especially social order or rank
Example: not in the same sphere as his moneyed friends
4.
a. obsolete orbit
b. an area or range over or within which someone or something acts, exists, or has influence or significance
Example: the public sphere
• spheric adjective, archaic
• sphericity noun
II. transitive verb
(sphered; sphering)
Date: 1602
1. to place in a sphere or among the spheres ; ensphere
2. to form into a sphere