globe

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He drew a circle and said "let this stand for a sphere," but not a sphere like a globe is a sphere.

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  1. noun A body with the shape of a sphere, especially a representation of the earth in the form of a hollow ball.
  2. noun The earth.
  3. noun A planet.
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  • Human societies across the globe are already suffering as a result of climate change. —  portland indymedia - features
  • Time to break Wall Street's control of Washington around the globe are angrily blaming the international financial crisis on the United States and their own leaders.
  • Among them, one of the most popular types of games with the game lovers across the globe are the driving games, which falls under the category of racing game. —  Mywebblogs.com Master Site Feed
  • Colleagues across the hallway or across the globe are able to share business critical information internally, as well as with partners or clients without mailing or faxing. —  GreenBiz.com Green Business News
  • On Global Warming: Falsely claimed that "the globe was the hottest" and "America's temperature peaked" in 1934. —  Think Progress
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin globus.

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  1. from Old French globe, French globe (the Middle English glob, glub, glubbe, a company, is apparently directly from L.) = Spanish Portuguese Italian globo, from Latin globus, a ball, sphere, globe, a mass, company, troop, throng, akin to glomus, a ball, a clue, glæba, gleba, a clod, and ult. to English clue: see glome, glebe, clue.
  2. from globe, n.
 

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