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Meaning of sphere

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  sphere
      n 1: a particular environment or walk of life; "his social
           sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment";
           "he's out of my orbit" [syn: {sphere}, {domain}, {area},
           {orbit}, {field}, {arena}]
      2: any spherically shaped artifact
      3: the geographical area in which one nation is very influential
         [syn: {sphere}, {sphere of influence}]
      4: a particular aspect of life or activity; "he was helpless in
         an important sector of his life" [syn: {sector}, {sphere}]
      5: a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the
         space it encloses)
      6: a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on
         the surface is equidistant from the center
      7: the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which
         celestial bodies appear to be projected [syn: {celestial
         sphere}, {sphere}, {empyrean}, {firmament}, {heavens}, {vault
         of heaven}, {welkin}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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