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| - | The '''sublunary sphere''' is a concept derived from [[Greek astronomy]]. It is the region of the [[cosmos]] from the [[Earth]] to the [[Moon]], consisting of the four [[classical elements]]: [[Earth (classical element)|earth]], [[Water (classical element)|water]], [[Air (classical element)|air]], and [[Fire (classical element)|fire]]. Beginning with the Moon, up to the limits of the universe, everything is made of [[Aether (classical element)|aether]]. The [[Naked eye planets|planets]] and [[star]]s are located in the region of aether, where everything is permanent, regular, and unchanging. [[Plato]] and [[Aristotle]] helped to formulate the theory of a sublunary sphere in antiquity. [[Thomas Aquinas]] is among those who picked up on the ideas of an existing sublunary sphere, and charted them in his work ''[[Summa Theologica]]''. This idea usually goes hand in hand with [[geocentrism]] and the concept of a [[spherical Earth]]. | + | # A regular three-dimensional object in which every [[cross-section]] is a [[circle]]; the figure described by the revolution of a semi-circle about its diameter. |
| + | # A spherical object; a [[globe]] or [[ball]]. | ||
| + | # The apparent outer limit of space, the edge of the heavens, imagined as a hollow globe within which celestial bodies appear to be embedded. | ||
| + | # Any of the concentric hollow transparent globes formerly believed to rotate around the [[Earth]], and which carried the heavenly bodies; there were originally believed to be eight, and later nine and ten; friction between them was thought to cause a harmonious sound (the ''[[music of the spheres]]''). | ||
| + | #* '''1603''', John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, ''Essays'', vol. 1 p. 153: | ||
| + | #*: It is more simplicitie to teach our children [...] [t]he knowledge of the starres, and the motion of the eighth '''spheare''', before their owne. | ||
| + | # An area of activity for a planet; or by extension, an area of influence for a [[god]], [[hero]] etc. | ||
| + | # The region in which something or someone is active; one's [[province]], [[domain]]. | ||
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| + | ====Synonyms==== | ||
| + | * (''object''): [[ball]], [[globe]], [[orb]] | ||
| + | * (''region of activity''): [[area]], [[domain]], [[field]], [[orbit]], [[sector]] | ||
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- A regular three-dimensional object in which every cross-section is a circle; the figure described by the revolution of a semi-circle about its diameter.
- A spherical object; a globe or ball.
- The apparent outer limit of space, the edge of the heavens, imagined as a hollow globe within which celestial bodies appear to be embedded.
- Any of the concentric hollow transparent globes formerly believed to rotate around the Earth, and which carried the heavenly bodies; there were originally believed to be eight, and later nine and ten; friction between them was thought to cause a harmonious sound (the music of the spheres).
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, vol. 1 p. 153:
- It is more simplicitie to teach our children [...] [t]he knowledge of the starres, and the motion of the eighth spheare, before their owne.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, vol. 1 p. 153:
- An area of activity for a planet; or by extension, an area of influence for a god, hero etc.
- The region in which something or someone is active; one's province, domain.
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