See -sphere on Wiktionary
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"A spherical field or sphere of influence.",
"Particular realm or interest of a group of people, object, etc.; its spatial or virtual sphere of influence."
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"A spherical field or sphere of influence.",
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"text": "sarcosphere; angiosphere"
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"Particular realm or interest of a group of people, object, etc.; its spatial or virtual sphere of influence."
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
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"sense": "designating some layer of the Earth",
"word": "-sfera"
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"sense": "designating some layer of the Earth",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
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"sense": "designating some layer of the Earth",
"word": "-sfääri"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "designating some layer of the Earth",
"tags": [
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "-spero",
"sense": "designating some layer of the Earth",
"word": "-სფერო"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "designating some layer of the Earth",
"word": "-sfera"
},
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"code": "ms",
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"sense": "designating some layer of the Earth",
"word": "-sfera"
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"code": "fa",
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"roman": "-kore",
"sense": "designating some layer of the Earth",
"word": "کره"
},
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"code": "fa",
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"lang_code": "fa",
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"word": "-sfera"
}
],
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}
Download raw JSONL data for -sphere meaning in All languages combined (5.4kB)
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