…a round solid figure, or its surface, with every point on its surface equidistant from its centre…
…denoting a structure or region of spherical form, especially a region round the earth…
…a model of the celestial globe constructed from rings and hoops representing the equator, the tropics, and other celestial circles, and able to revolve on its axis…
…an imaginary sphere of which the observer is the centre and on which all celestial objects are considered to lie…
…(in ancient and medieval astronomy) a transparent sphere of the heavens postulated to lie between the fixed stars and the primum mobile and to account for the precession of the equinox and other motions…
…a country or area in which another country has power to affect developments though it has no formal authority…
…(1917–82), American jazz pianist and composer, one of the founders of the bebop style in the early 1940s; full name Thelonious Sphere Monk. Notable compositions: ‘Round Midnight’, ‘Straight, No Chaser’, and ‘Well, You Need’n’t…
