Meaning of GLOBE
Pronunciation: | | glowb
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented
- [n] the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"
- [n] an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire"
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| Synonyms: | | ball, orb, world |
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| See Also: | | atmosphere, bolus, camphor ball, celestial globe, crystal ball, dry land, earth, fireball, geosphere, globule, ground, hemisphere, hydrosphere, land, lithosphere, model, mothball, pellet, simulation, sky, solar system, solid ground, sphere, sphere, spherule, terra firma, terrestrial planet, time-ball, Van Allen belt | |
Products Dictionary |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Globe\, n. [L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus a ball of
yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe.]
1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose
surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a
ball; a sphere.
2. Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape;
as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.
3. The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by
the definite article. --Locke.
4. A round model of the world; a spherical representation of
the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial
globe; -- called also {artificial globe}.
5. A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a
circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans,
answering to the modern infantry square.
Him round A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed.
--Milton.
{Globe amaranth} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Gomphrena}
({G. globosa}), bearing round heads of variously colored
flowers, which long retain color when gathered.
{Globe animalcule}, a small, globular, locomotive organism
({Volvox globator}), once throught to be an animal,
afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic alg[ae].
{Globe of compression} (Mil.), a kind of mine producing a
wide crater; -- called also {overcharged mine}.
{Globe daisy} (Bot.), a plant or flower of the genus
{Globularing}, common in Europe. The flowers are minute
and form globular heads.
{Globe sight}, a form of front sight placed on target rifles.
{Globe slater} (Zo["o]l.), an isopod crustacean of the genus
{Spheroma}.
{Globe thistle} (Bot.), a thistlelike plant with the flowers
in large globular heads ({Cynara Scolymus}); also, certain
species of the related genus {Echinops}.
{Globe valve}.
(a) A ball valve.
(b) A valve inclosed in a globular chamber. --Knight.
Syn: {Globe}, {Sphere}, {Orb}, {Ball}.
Usage: Globe denotes a round, and usually a solid body;
sphere is the term applied in astronomy to such a
body, or to the concentric spheres or orbs of the old
astronomers; orb is used, especially in poetry, for
globe or sphere, and also for the pathway of a
heavenly body; ball is applied to the heavenly bodies
concieved of as impelled through space.
\Globe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Globed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Globing}.]
To gather or form into a globe.
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Dream Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | Seeing a globe in your dream, indicates that you are in complete control of your life.
Seeing a spinning globe in your dream means that your life is going out of control. |
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Thesaurus Terms |
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| Related Terms: | | aeronautical chart, astronomical chart, atlas, azimuthal equidistant projection, azimuthal projection, ball, balloon, bead, biosphere, bladder, blob, boll, bolus, bubble, bulb, bulbil, bulblet, cartographer, cartography, celestial chart, celestial globe, chart, chorographer, chorography, climatic chart, conglobulate, conic projection, contour line, contour map, cylindrical projection, Earth, ellipsoid, Gaea, Ge, general reference map, geography, geoid, geosphere, globelet, globoid, globule, glomerulus, gnomonic projection, gob, gobbet, graphic scale, grid line, hachure, heliographic chart, hydrographic chart, index, isoline, knob, knot, Lambert conformal projection, lamp shade, latitude, layer tint, legend, longitude, map, map maker, map projection, mapper, Mercator projection, meridian, Miller projection, moonshade, mother earth, mushroom, oblate spheroid, orb, orbit, orblet, parallel, pellet, photogrammetrist, photogrammetry, photomap, phototopography, physical map, planet, political map, polyconic projection, projection, prolate spheroid, relief map, representative fraction, road map, rondure, round, scale, sinusoidal projection, snowball, special map, sphere, spherify, spheroid, spherule, Tellus, Terra, terrain map, terrestrial globe, the blue planet, thematic map, this pendent world, topographer, topographic chart, topography, transportation map, vale, vale of tears, weather chart, weather map, whole wide world, world |
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