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sphere — [sfıə US sfır] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: espere, from Latin sphaera, from Greek sphaira ball, sphere ] 1.) a ball shape 2.) a particular area of activity, work, knowledge etc in ... sphere ▪ television s increasing role in the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
sphere — [ sfır ] noun count ** 1. ) an object that is round like a ball 2. ) a particular area of interest, activity, work, etc. that is one of many parts of life: the financial/political/scientific etc. sphere: Let s take this debate out of the… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
area — I (province) noun area, arena, bounds, confines, demesne, domain, expanse, field, jurisdiction, limits, location, orbit, place, premises, purview, range, realm, region, scope, sphere, territory, vicinage, vicinity, zone associated concepts: area… … Law dictionary
area — [n1] extent, scope of a surface breadth, compass, distance, expanse, field, operation, range, size, space, sphere, stretch, width; concepts 651,792 area [n2] region, district belt, block, city, county, division, domain, dominion, enclosure, field … New thesaurus
sphere — ► NOUN 1) a round solid figure in which every point on the surface is equidistant from the centre. 2) each of a series of revolving concentrically arranged spherical shells in which celestial bodies were formerly thought to be set in a fixed… … English terms dictionary
sphere — I noun ambit, arena, ball, bounds, capacity, circle, circuit, demesne, department, domain, field, field of activity, field of operation, function, globe, globoid, globular mass, influence, office, orb, orbit, pale, province, provincia, range,… … Law dictionary
sphere of influence — area in which the state has political and economical influence even if they do not rule over it … English contemporary dictionary
Sphere — Globose redirects here. See also Globose nucleus. A sphere (from Greek σφαίρα sphaira , globe, ball, [ [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%23101561 Sphaira, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott,… … Wikipedia
Area — This article is about the geometric quantity. For other uses, see Area (disambiguation). The combined area of these three shapes is between 15 and 16 squares. Area is a quantity that expresses the extent of a two dimensional surface or shape in… … Wikipedia
sphere of influence — noun the geographical area in which one nation is very influential • Syn: ↑sphere • Hypernyms: ↑geographical area, ↑geographic area, ↑geographical region, ↑geographic region * * * 1. : a territorial area within which the pol … Useful english dictionary
Sphere of influence — A sphere of influence (SOI) is an area or region over which an organization or state exerts some kind of indirect cultural, economic, military or political domination. Also, in some areas of habitation, shopping or retail outlets or indeed… … Wikipedia
