Definition of globe

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Globe (n.) Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp..

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Equable :: Equable (a.) Equal and uniform; continuing the same at different times; -- said of motion, and the like; uniform in surface; smooth; as, an equable plain or globe..
Antipodes :: Antipodes (n.) The country of those who live on the opposite side of the globe.
Ground :: Ground (n.) The surface of the earth; the outer crust of the globe, or some indefinite portion of it..
Globe :: Globe (n.) 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..
Terraqueous :: Terraqueous (a.) Consisting of land and water; as, the earth is a terraqueous globe..
Pecten :: Pecten (n.) A vascular pigmented membrane projecting into the vitreous humor within the globe of the eye in birds, and in many reptiles and fishes; -- also called marsupium..
Tut :: Tut (n.) An imperial ensign consisting of a golden globe with a cross on it.
Globe-shaped :: Globe-shaped (a.) Shaped like a globe.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To wander over; to cross in traveling; as, to traverse the habitable globe..
#NAME? :: -ose () A suffix denoting full of, containing, having the qualities of, like; as in verbose, full of words; pilose, hairy; globose, like a globe..
Uranography :: Uranography (n.) A description or plan of the heavens and the heavenly bodies; the construction of celestial maps, globes, etc.; uranology..
Globefish :: Globefish (n.) A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon, Tetrodon, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to a more or less globular form. Called also porcupine fish, and sea hedgehog. See Diodon..
Retina :: Retina (n.) The delicate membrane by which the back part of the globe of the eye is lined, and in which the fibers of the optic nerve terminate. See Eye..
Diodon :: Diodon (n.) A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are called globefishes, swellfishes, etc. Called also porcupine fishes, and sea hedgehogs..
Geology :: Geology (n.) The science which treats: (a) Of the structure and mineral constitution of the globe; structural geology. (b) Of its history as regards rocks, minerals, rivers, valleys, mountains, climates, life, etc.; historical geology. (c) Of the causes and methods by which its structure, features, changes, and conditions have been produced; dynamical geology. See Chart of The Geological Series..
Ball :: Ball (n.) The globe or earth.
Earth :: Earth (n.) A part of this globe; a region; a country; land.
Sea :: Sea (n.) The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a large part of the globe.
Secular :: Secular (a.) Pertaining to an age, or the progress of ages, or to a long period of time; accomplished in a long progress of time; as, secular inequality; the secular refrigeration of the globe..
Continent :: Continent (a.) One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America..
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