-
atmosphere (from
Ancient Gr**** ἀτμός (atmós) 'vapour, steam', and σφαῖρα (
sphaîra) 'sphere') is a
layer of g****es that
envelop an
astronomical object, held...
-
globus cruciger (Latin for 'cross-bearing orb'), also
known as
stavroforos sphaira (Gr****: σταυροφόρος σφαίρα) or "the orb and cross", is an orb surmounted...
- A
lithosphere (from
Ancient Gr**** λίθος (líthos) 'rocky', and σφαίρα (
sphaíra) 'sphere') is the rigid,
outermost rocky s**** of a
terrestrial planet or...
- The term
troposphere derives from the Gr****
words tropos (rotating) and
sphaira (sphere)
indicating that
rotational turbulence mixes the
layers of air...
- The
hydrosphere (from
Ancient Gr**** ὕδωρ (húdōr) 'water', and σφαῖρα (
sphaîra) 'sphere') is the
combined m**** of
water found on, under, and
above the...
-
Ancient Gr**** roots, φῶς, φωτός/phos,
photos meaning "light" and σφαῖρα/
sphaira meaning "sphere", in
reference to it
being a
spherical surface that is...
- (Ancient Gr****: ἔξω éxō "outside, external, beyond",
Ancient Gr****: σφαῖρα
sphaĩra "sphere") is a thin, atmosphere-like
volume surrounding a
planet or natural...
- The
biosphere (from Gr**** βίος bíos "life" and σφαῖρα
sphaira "sphere"), also
known as the
ecosphere (from Gr**** οἶκος oîkos "environment" and σφαῖρα)...
- and
maybe σφαιρομαχία (sphairomakhía, lit. ''ball-fight'') from σφαῖρα (
sphaîra, "ball", "sphere") and μάχη (mákhē, "battle"),
though it has been argued...
- you
called a dome a
sphaira, you
called it this
because it
resembled a
sphaira; and it was
understood that a dome was not a
sphaira in the geometrical...
