CELESTIAL SPHERE

Meaning of CELESTIAL SPHERE in English

the imaginary spherical shell formed by the sky, usually represented as an infinite sphere, the center of which is a given observer's position.

[ 1875-80 ]

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CELESTIAL SPHERE — noun Date: 1829 an imaginary sphere of infinite radius against which the celestial bodies appear to be projected and of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CELESTIAL SPHERE — Apparent surface of the heavens, on which the stars seem to be fixed. For the purpose of establishing Equator with …
Английский словарь Британика
CELESTIAL SPHERE — noun : an imaginary sphere of infinite radius against which the celestial bodies appear to be projected and of which …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CELESTIAL SPHERE — Date: 1829 : an imaginary sphere of infinite radius against which the celestial bodies appear to be projected and of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CELESTIAL SPHERE — Function: noun Date: 1829 : an imaginary sphere of infinite radius against which the celestial bodies appear to be projected …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CELESTIAL SPHERE — ■ noun an imaginary sphere of which the observer is the centre and on which all celestial objects are considered …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CELESTIAL SPHERE — [celestial sphere] n (1879): an imaginary sphere of infinite radius against which the celestial bodies appear to be projected and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CELESTIAL SPHERE — the apparent surface of the heavens, on which the stars seem to be fixed. For the purpose of establishing coordinate …
Britannica English vocabulary
CELESTIAL SPHERE — Apparent surface of the heavens, on which the stars seem to be fixed. For the purpose of establishing celestial coordinate …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CELESTIAL SPHERE — (*) An imaginary sphere of infinite radius concentric with the Earth, on which all celestial bodies except the Earth are …
DOD English Dictionary of Military Terms
CELESTIAL SPHERE — The apparent sphere of infinite radius having the earth as its center. All heavenly bodies (planets, stars, etc.) appear on …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
CELESTIAL SPHERE — Небесная сфера
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CELESTIAL SPHERE — небесная сфера
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CELESTIAL SPHERE — небесная сфера
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CELESTIAL SPHERE — небесная сфера
Англо-Русский физический словарь
CELESTIAL SPHERE — Небесная сфера
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
CELESTIAL SPHERE — небесная сфера а)
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
CELESTIAL SPHERE — небесная сфера [c gray](а)
Англо-Русский морской словарь
CELESTIAL — adj celestial, heavenly
Interlingua English vocab
SPHERE — I In geometry, the set of all points in three-dimensional space lying the same distance (the radius) from a given …
Английский словарь Британика
CELESTIAL — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) celestial coordinates celestial mechanics celestial sphere T'ien Shan Celestial Mountains
Английский словарь Британика
SPHERE — I. ˈsfi(ə)r, -iə, chiefly South sometimes ˈspi- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English spere, from Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CELESTIAL — I. sə̇ˈles(h)chəl sometimes -estēəl adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin caelestis celestial (from caelum sky, heaven, atmosphere, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CELESTIAL — (a.) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Chinese, or Celestial, Empire, of the Chinese people.
Английский словарь Webster
SPHERE — — sphereless , adj. — spherelike , adj. /sfear/ , n. , v. , sphered, sphering . n. 1. Geom. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CELESTIAL — — celestially , adv. — celestialness, celestiality /seuh les'chee al"i tee/ , n. /seuh les"cheuhl/ , adj. 1. pertaining to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CELESTIAL — adj. of or pertaining to the former Chinese Celestial Empire; of or pertaining to the Chinese people
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CELESTIAL — n. native or resident of China during the period of the Celestial Empire); heavenly being
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SPHERE — I. ˈsfir noun Etymology: Middle English spere globe, celestial sphere, from Anglo-French espere, from Latin sphaera, from Greek sphaira, literally, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CELESTIAL — I. sə-ˈles-chəl, -ˈlesh-, -ˈles-tē-əl adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin caelestis celestial, from caelum sky Date: 14th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPHERE — noun an orbit, as of a star; a socket. 2. sphere ·noun rank; order of society; social positions. 3. sphere …
Webster English vocab
CELESTIAL — noun a native of china. 2. celestial ·noun an inhabitant of heaven. 3. celestial ·add. ·noun a chinaman; a chinese. …
Webster English vocab
SPHERE — [sphere] n [ME spere globe, celestial sphere, fr. MF espere, fr. L sphaera, fr. Gk sphaira, lit., ball; perh. akin …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CELESTIAL — [ce.les.tial] adj [ME, fr. MF, fr. L caelestis celestial, fr. caelum sky] (14c) 1: of, relating to, or suggesting heaven …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CELESTIAL — celestial BrE AmE sə ˈlest i‿əl sɪ- AmE \ -ˈles tʃ ə l ⇨-ˈleʃ- ▷ celestial|ly i
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SPHERE — / sfɪə(r); NAmE sfɪr/ noun 1. ( geometry ) a solid figure that is completely round, with every point on …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CELESTIAL — / səˈlestiəl; NAmE -tʃl/ adjective [ usually before noun ] ( formal or literary ) of the sky or of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPHERE — sphere AC /sfɪə $ sfɪr/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ sphere ; adjective : ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPHERE — n. & v. --n. 1 a solid figure, or its surface, with every point on its surface equidistant from its …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CELESTIAL — adj. 1 heavenly; divinely good or beautiful; sublime. 2 a of the sky; of the part of the sky commonly …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPHERE — n. & v. n. 1 a solid figure, or its surface, with every point on its surface equidistant from its …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CELESTIAL — adj. 1 heavenly; divinely good or beautiful; sublime. 2 a of the sky; of the part of the sky commonly …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPHERE — n. & v. --n. 1. a solid figure, or its surface, with every point on its surface equidistant from its …
Oxford English vocab
CELESTIAL — adj.1 heavenly; divinely good or beautiful; sublime. 2 a of the sky; of the part of the sky commonly observed …
Oxford English vocab
SPHERE — ( spheres) 1. A sphere is an object that is completely round in shape like a ball. N-COUNT 2. A …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CELESTIAL — Celestial is used to describe things relating to heaven or to the sky. ( LITERARY ) Gravity governs the motions …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPHERE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE concentric ▪ Thus the total number of concentric spheres in the Eudoxian system was …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CELESTIAL — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN body ▪ But the observations threatened a notion fundamental for many Aristotelians, namely, that …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SPHERE — (AREA) [noun] [C] - a range or area of activityIt is sometimes difficult for film stars to keep the public …
Cambridge English vocab
CELESTIAL — [adjective] [formal or literary] - of or from the sky or outside this worldThe moon is a celestial body.Celestial beings …
Cambridge English vocab
SPHERE — n. celestial sphere Monk Thelonious Sphere sphere of influence
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SPHERE — n. In geometry, the set of all points in three-dimensional space lying the same distance (the radius) from a given …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CELESTIAL — adj. celestial coordinates celestial mechanics celestial sphere T'ien Shan Celestial Mountains
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SPHERE — n. 25B6; noun a glass sphere : GLOBE, ball, orb, spheroid, globule, round; bubble. our sphere of influence : AREA, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CELESTIAL — adj. 25B6; adjective a celestial body : (IN) SPACE, heavenly, astronomical, extraterrestrial, stellar, planetary. celestial beings : HEAVENLY, holy, saintly, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CELESTIAL — adj. 1 heavenly, divine, spiritual, godly, paradisiac(al) or paradisaic, sublime, empyrean, Elysian, ethereal, immortal, supernatural They worshipped Jupiter and other …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SPHERE — 1. сущ. 1) сфера; шар 2) а) планета; небесное светило б) модель планеты глобус 3) а) поэт. небеса, небо б) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CELESTIAL — 1. прил. 1) небесный; астрономический (о материальных объектах, явлениях) celestial equator ≈ небесный экватор celestial mechanics ≈ механика небесных тел …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPHERE — sphere.ogg 1. sfıə n 1. сфера, шар 2. глобус 3. 1> земной шар sublunar sphere - подлунный мир 2> планета, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CELESTIAL — celestial.ogg 1. sıʹlestıəl n 1. возвыш. небожитель 2. (Celestial) арх. житель Небесной империи, китаец 2. sıʹlestıəl a 1. небесный; относящийся …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SPHERE — 1) сфера 2) шар; шарик 3) земной шар 4) сферический резервуар • - batching sphere - Debye sphere - hollow …
Большой 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 - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SPHERE — 1) поле деятельности 2) сфера 3) шар • curve lies on sphere — кривая лежит на сфере develop sphere on plane — разворачивать сферическую поверхность …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
CELESTIAL — 1. [sıʹlestıəl] n 1. возвыш. небожитель 2. (Celestial) арх. житель Небесной империи, китаец 2. [sıʹlestıəl] a 1. небесный; относящийся к …
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