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Intension :: Intension (n.) The collective attributes, qualities, or marks that make up a complex general notion; the comprehension, content, or connotation; -- opposed to extension, extent, or sphere..

Refraction :: Refraction (n.) The change in the direction of a ray of light, and, consequently, in the apparent position of a heavenly body from which it emanates, arising from its passage through the earth's atmosphere; -- hence distinguished as atmospheric refraction, or astronomical refraction..

Circumference :: Circumference (n.) The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body..

Shrievalty :: Shrievalty (n.) The office, or sphere of jurisdiction, of a sheriff; sheriffalty..

Coccosphere :: Coccosphere (n.) A small, rounded, marine organism, capable of braking up into coccoliths..

Ball :: Ball (n.) Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow..

Sphere :: Sphere (n.) A body or space contained under a single surface, which in every part is equally distant from a point within called its center..

Spherics :: Spherics (n.) The doctrine of the sphere; the science of the properties and relations of the circles, figures, and other magnitudes of a sphere, produced by planes intersecting it; spherical geometry and trigonometry..

Cassiopeia :: Cassiopeia (n.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere, situated between Cepheus and Perseus; -- so called in honor of the wife of Cepheus, a fabulous king of Ethiopia..

Purview :: Purview (n.) Limit or sphere of authority; scope; extent.

Paleogaean :: Paleogaean (a.) Of or pertaining to the Eastern hemisphere.

Circle :: Circle (n.) A round body; a sphere; an orb.

Blastosphere :: Blastosphere (n.) The hollow globe or sphere formed by the arrangement of the blastomeres on the periphery of an impregnated ovum.

Trepidation :: Trepidation (n.) A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars..

Weatherglass :: Weatherglass (n.) An instrument to indicate the state of the atmosphere, especially changes of atmospheric pressure, and hence changes of weather, as a barometer or baroscope..

Calefactory :: Calefactory (n.) A hollow sphere of metal, filled with hot water, or a chafing dish, placed on the altar in cold weather for the priest to warm his hands with..

Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco.

Atmospherology :: Atmospherology (n.) The science or a treatise on the atmosphere.

Pole :: Pole (n.) A point upon the surface of a sphere equally distant from every part of the circumference of a great circle; or the point in which a diameter of the sphere perpendicular to the plane of such circle meets the surface. Such a point is called the pole of that circle; as, the pole of the horizon; the pole of the ecliptic; the pole of a given meridian..

Equator :: Equator (n.) The great circle of the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of the earth's equator; -- so called because when the sun is in it, the days and nights are of equal length; hence called also the equinoctial, and on maps, globes, etc., the equinoctial line..

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