spheres

Areas of influence

A sphere is a perfectly round three-dimensional shape, like a ball or globe, where every point on the surface is equidistant from the center.

This geometric sense extends to anything roughly ball-shaped: celestial spheres, a sphere of light.

More commonly, sphere designates a domain or area of activity, influence, or expertise: outside my sphere of knowledge, sphere of influence.

The phrase the spheres historically referred to the concentric transparent shells ancient astronomers believed carried the planets and stars around Earth.

geometry

ball

Spherical plaything or gala

curvature · geodesic · ellipsoid · globule · bead · bubble · pearl · marble · pellet · radius

celestial

planets

Star-orbiting celestial bodies

  • moonsBodies orbiting planets
  • starsLuminous celestial bodies
  • orbitsCurved paths around bodies

heavens · cosmos · asteroids · comets · astronomy · astrophysics · cosmology · celestial · orrery · globes

domain

influence

Power to affect others

field · jurisdiction · province · purview · bailiwick · authority · competence · specialty · arena · control

harmony

music

Organized auditory art

consonance · resonance · attunement · symphony · accord · unity · balance · synchronization · vibration · proportion

globe

earth

Soil or electrical grounding

  • worldPlanet or realm
  • planetStar-orbiting spherical body
  • atlasBound collection of charts

cartography · geography · terrestrial · hemispheres · equator · meridian · navigation · continents · oceans · global

wholeness

completeness

State of being whole

unity · oneness · holism · integration · perfection · gestalt · comprehensiveness · all-encompassing · encompassing · universality

Categories
Opposites
geometric shape

spherescubes

Equal-sided solid blocks

boxes · blocks · polyhedra · prisms · pyramids

dimensionality

spheresplanes

Aircraft or flat surfaces

circles · discs · sheets · lines · points

domains of influence

spheresvoids

Emptinesses or nullifies

vacuums · chaos · no man's land · exclusion zones · liminal spaces

Phrases
Family

sphere, atmosphere, spherical, hemisphere, spheroid, biosphere, stratosphere, hydrosphere, exosphere

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G