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sphere
English
Alternative forms
- sphære (archaic)
- sphear (archaic)
- spheare (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English spere, from Old French sphere, from Late Latin sph?ra, earlier Latin sphaera (“ball, globe, celestial sphere”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (sphaîra, “ball, globe”), of unknown origin. Not related to superficially similar Persian ????? (sepehr, “sky”) (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /sf??/
- (US) enPR: sfîr, IPA(key): /sf??/
- Rhymes: -??(r)
Noun
sphere (plural spheres)
- (mathematics) A regular three-dimensional object in which every cross-section is a circle; the figure described by the revolution of a circle about its diameter [from 14th c.].
- A spherical physical object; a globe or ball. [from 14th c.]
- 2011, Piers Sellers, The Guardian, 6 July:
- So your orientation changes a little bit but it sinks in that the world is a sphere, and you're going around it, sometimes under it, sideways, or over it.
- 2011, Piers Sellers, The Guardian, 6 July:
- (astronomy, now rare) The apparent outer limit of space; the edge of the heavens, imagined as a hollow globe within which celestial bodies appear to be embedded. [from 14th c.]
- 1635, John Donne, "His parting form her":
- Though cold and darkness longer hang somewhere, / Yet Phoebus equally lights all the Sphere.
- 1635, John Donne, "His parting form her":
- (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.]
- , vol.1, p.153:
- It is more simplicitie to teach our children […] [t]he knowledge of the starres, and the motion of the eighth spheare, before their owne.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.6:
- They understood not the motion of the eighth sphear from West to East, and so conceived the longitude of the Stars invariable.
- , vol.1, p.153:
- (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.]
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.20:
- They thought – originally on grounds derived from religion – that each thing or person had its or his proper sphere, to overstep which is ‘unjust’.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.20:
- (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) The extension of a general conception, or the totality of the individuals or species to which it may be applied.
Synonyms
- (object): ball, globe, orb
- (region of activity): area, domain, field, orbit, sector
- (in geometry): 3-sphere (geometry), 2-sphere (topology)
- (astronomy: apparent surface of the heavens): See celestial sphere
- (astronomy: anything visible on the apparent surface of the heavens): See celestial body
Derived terms
- blogosphere
- ensphere
- sphere of influence
- sphere of interest
Related terms
- atmosphere
- hemisphere
- ionosphere
- planisphere
- spherical
- spheroid
- stratosphere
- troposphere
Translations
Verb
sphere (third-person singular simple present spheres, present participle sphering, simple past and past participle sphered)
- (transitive) To place in a sphere, or among the spheres; to ensphere.
- (transitive) To make round or spherical; to perfect.
See also
- ball (in topology)
- Mathworld article on the sphere
- PlanetMath article on the sphere
Anagrams
- Hesper, herpes, pesher, pheers
Middle French
Alternative forms
- sphaere
- spere
Noun
sphere f (plural spheres)
- sphere (shape)
Descendants
- French: sphère
Old French
Alternative forms
- espere
- esphere
- spere
Noun
sphere f (oblique plural spheres, nominative singular sphere, nominative plural spheres)
- sphere (shape)
Descendants
- English: sphere
- French: sphère
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (sphere, supplement)
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swing
English
Etymology
From Middle English swingen, from Old English swingan, from Proto-Germanic *swingan? (compare Low German swingen, German schwingen, Dutch zwingen, Swedish svinga), from Proto-Indo-European *sweng- (compare Scottish Gaelic seang (“thin”)). Related to swink.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sw??/
- Rhymes: -??
Verb
swing (third-person singular simple present swings, present participle swinging, simple past swung or (archaic or dialectal) swang, past participle swung or (archaic) swungen)
- (intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
- The plant swung in the breeze.
- 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 12
- With one accord the tribe swung rapidly toward the frightened cries, and there found Terkoz holding an old female by the hair and beating her unmercifully with his great hands.
- (intransitive) To dance.
- (intransitive) To ride on a swing.
- The children laughed as they swung.
- (intransitive) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
- (intransitive) To hang from the gallows.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a ball) to move sideways in its trajectory.
- (intransitive) To fluctuate or change.
- It wasn't long before the crowd's mood swung towards restless irritability.
- (transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
- He swung his sword as hard as he could.
- (transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
- (transitive) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
- If it’s not too expensive, I think we can swing it.
- (transitive, music) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
- (transitive, cricket) (of a bowler) to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
- (transitive and intransitive, boxing) To move one's arm in a punching motion.
- (transitive) In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
- "to swing one's partner", or simply "to swing"
- (transitive, engineering) To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
- The lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.
- (transitive, carpentry) To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
- (nautical) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
- A ship swings with the tide.
Troponyms
- (to rotate about an off-centre fixed point): pivot, swivel
Derived terms
- come out swinging
- overswing
- swing into action
- swingle
Translations
Noun
swing (countable and uncountable, plural swings)
- The manner in which something is swung.
- The sweep or compass of a swinging body.
- A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
- A hanging seat in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
- A dance style.
- (music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.
- The amount of change towards or away from something.
- 1853, Elizabeth Gaskell, Cranford
- Miss Pole came round with a swing to as vehement a belief in the sorrowful tale as she had been sceptical before […]
- (politics) In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
- The polls showed a wide swing to Labour.
- 1853, Elizabeth Gaskell, Cranford
- (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
- Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
- In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
- A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
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. - (obsolete) Free course; unrestrained liberty.
- Take thy swing.
- 1788, Edmund Burke, speech in the Impeachment of Warren Hastings
- To prevent anything which may prove an obstacle on the full swing of his genius.
- Influence or power of anything put in motion.
- (boxing) A type of hook with the arm more extended.
Quotations
- 1937 June 11, Judy Garland, “All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm”, A day at the races, Sam Wood (director), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- All God’s chillun got rhythm. All God's chillun got swing.
- Maybe haven't got money, maybe haven't got shoes.
- All God’s chillun got rhythm for to push away their blues.
Derived terms
- sex swing
- swing and a miss
- swing of things
- swings and roundabouts
- what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
Translations
Anagrams
- Gwins, wings
Czech
Noun
swing m
- swing (dance)
Further reading
- swing in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- swing in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English swing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /swi?/
Noun
swing m (plural swings)
- swing; several senses
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English swing.
Noun
swing m (invariable)
- swing (music and dance style; golf swing)
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English swing.
Noun
swing m (plural swings)
- swing (a dance and music style)
- swinging (exchange of partners for sex)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English swing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?swin/, [?sw?n]
Noun
swing m (plural swings)
- swing (dance)
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