GLOBE
\ɡlˈə͡ʊb], \ɡlˈəʊb], \ɡ_l_ˈəʊ_b]\
Definitions of GLOBE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire"
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a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented
By Princeton University
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an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire"
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a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.
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Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.
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To gather or form into a globe.
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The earth; the terraqueous ball; - usually preceded by the definite article.
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A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; - called also artificial globe.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.
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Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.
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To gather or form into a globe.
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The earth; the terraqueous ball; - usually preceded by the definite article.
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A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; - called also artificial globe.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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A spherical body; ball; a sphere on which are represented the divisions of the earth, etc. (terrestrial globe), or the heavenly bodies (celestial globe); the globe, the earth.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A ball: a round body, a sphere: the earth: a sphere representing the earth (terrestrial globe) or the heavens (celestial globe).
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To become round or globe-shaped. E.B. Browning.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Robley Dunglison
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n. [Latin] A round or spherical body; an orb; a ball; a sphere: a body, every part of whose surface is equidistant from the centre; —the earth; the planet we inhabit;—pl. Two spheres of metal, paper, or other matter, on whose convex surfaces are drawn a map or figure of the earth or of the heavens, called terrestrial and celestial globes.
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A sphere, a ball, a round body, a body of which every part of the surface is at the same distance from the centre; the terraqueous ball; a sphere in which the various regions of the earth are geographically depicted, or in which the constellations are laid down according to their places in the sky.
By Thomas Sheridan