Armillary sphere, Crystalline sphere, Oblique sphere,. See under
Armillary, Crystalline,. -- Doctrine of the sphere, applications of the
principles of spherical trigonometry to the properties and relations of
the circles of the sphere, and the problems connected with them, in
astronomy and geography, as to the latitudes and longitudes, distance
and bearing, of places on the earth, and the right ascension and
declination, altitude and azimuth, rising and setting, etc., of the
heavenly bodies; spherical geometry. -- Music of the spheres. See under
Music.
Syn. -- Globe; orb; circle. See Globe.
Sphere (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sphered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sphering.]
1. To place in a sphere, or among the spheres; to insphere.
The glorious planet Sol In noble eminence enthroned and sphered
Amidst the other.
Shak.
2. To form into roundness; to make spherical, or spheral; to perfect.
Tennyson.
{ Spher"ic*al (?), Spher"ic (?), } a. [L. sphaericus, Gr. &?;&?;&?;:
cf. F. sphérique.] 1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere;
globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body.