Definition of globe

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Globe (n.) A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; -- called also artificial globe..

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Earth :: Earth (n.) The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of all kinds, including gravel, clay, loam, and the like; sometimes, soil favorable to the growth of plants; the visible surface of the globe; the ground; as, loose earth; rich earth..
Orthodromics :: Orthodromics (n.) The art of sailing in a direct course, or on the arc of a great circle, which is the shortest distance between any two points on the surface of the globe; great-circle sailing; orthodromy..
Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London..
Globular :: Globular (a.) Globe-shaped; having the form of a ball or sphere; spherical, or nearly so; as, globular atoms..
Globeflower :: Globeflower (n.) A plant of the genus Trollius (T. Europaeus), found in the mountainous parts of Europe, and producing handsome globe-shaped flowers..
Eyeball :: Eyeball (n.) The ball or globe of the eye.
Hemisphere :: Hemisphere (n.) A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its center..
Sea-orb :: Sea-orb (n.) A globefish.
Terrestrial :: Terrestrial (a.) Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe..
Round :: Round (n.) Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. The golden round [the crown]..
Globe :: Globe (n.) A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere..
Slate :: Slate (v. t.) To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe..
Earth :: Earth (n.) A part of this globe; a region; a country; land.
Keramographic :: Keramographic (a.) Suitable to be written upon; capable of being written upon, as a slate; -- said especially of a certain kind of globe..
Globed :: Globed (imp. & p. p.) of Glob.
Globe :: Globe (v. t.) To gather or form into a globe.
Globated :: Globated (a.) Having the form of a globe; spherical.
Globe :: Globe (n.) Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp..
Eye :: Eye (n.) The organ of sight or vision. In man, and the vertebrates generally, it is properly the movable ball or globe in the orbit, but the term often includes the adjacent parts. In most invertebrates the years are immovable ocelli, or compound eyes made up of numerous ocelli. See Ocellus..
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..
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