TermGallery
English
English
Spanish
Catalan
Portuguese
Russian
Look up alternatives for...
EN
Interface language
English
Español
Català
Português
Русский
Meanings
Examples
We are using cookies
This website uses cookies in order to offer you the most relevant information. By browsing this website, you accept these cookies.
Accept and close
More about cookies
Did you know?
You can double click on a word to look it up on TermGallery.
Meanings of
celestial sphere
in English
Russian
небесная сфера
Portuguese
firmamento
Catalan
firmament
Spanish
cielo
Back to the meaning
The apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected.
heavens
sphere
firmament
welkin
empyrean
vault of heaven
Russian
небесная сфера
Usage of
celestial sphere
in English
1
The earth, argued Ptolemy, lies at the centre of the
celestial
sphere
.
2
Egg represented the concavity of the
celestial
sphere
enclosing all things, 663-l.
3
This figure forms a grand trapezium of four stars on the
celestial
sphere
.
4
The third star whirls counterclockwise on the
celestial
sphere
itself.
5
The points in which the latter intersects the
celestial
sphere
are called the galactic poles.
6
Their distribution on the
celestial
sphere
is indicated in Figure 25 by the open circles.
7
Yes, to those who would live in the
celestial
sphere
God must be all in all.
8
You want to show the world that you're Atlas-andto a Titan, that fucking
celestial
sphere
weighs nothing.
9
To the ancients the
celestial
sphere
was a reality, instead of a mere effect of perspective, as we regard it.
10
Thus, they greatly simplify complex calculations, and logarithms contributed to the advance of the sciences, most notably in the
celestial
sphere
.
11
In the ninth
celestial
sphere
,
Dante is favored with a manifestation of divinity, veiled, however, by three hierarchies of attending angels.
12
All the extent of the
celestial
sphere
swarmed with stars and constellations of marvellous brilliancy, enough to make an astronomer wild!
13
His work mainly consisted in the determination of the places of the moon, the planets, and the stars on the
celestial
sphere
.
14
My Muse, with her
celestial
sphere
,
is the guardian of star-gazers and is happiest in the dark-butnot till she is finished.
15
Entrepreneurs rented out thick pads and quilts for people to use as they lay on their backs absorbed by the
celestial
sphere
.
16
The Zodiac is an imaginary girdle or belt in the
celestial
sphere
,
which extends about eight degrees on each side of the Ecliptic.
Other examples for "celestial sphere"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
celestial
sphere
celestial
Adjective
Noun
Translations for
celestial sphere
Russian
небесная сфера
Portuguese
firmamento
céu
esfera celeste
Catalan
firmament
volta del cel
cel
esfera celeste
Spanish
cielo
empíreo
esfera celeste
Celestial sphere
through the time
Celestial sphere
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common