"celestial sphere" meaning in English

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  1. Tags: no-gloss Synonyms: celestial sphere, Celestial Sphere Hyponyms: celestial globe, star chart Meronyms: Zodiac, Celestial North Pole, Celestial South Pole, Celestial Equator, celestial hemisphere Related terms: universe
    Sense id: en-celestial_sphere-en-name-47DEQpj8

Noun

Forms: celestial spheres [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} celestial sphere (plural celestial spheres)
  1. (astronomy) The apparent outer limit of space; an abstract sphere of infinite radius which serves as the imaginary backdrop for celestial objects, and of which the visible sky is one hemisphere. Categories (topical): Astronomy, Cosmology Synonyms: empyrean, firmament, heavens, vault of heaven, welkin Translations (abstract sphere of infinite radius): قُبَّة سَمَاوِيَّةٍ (alt: qubba(t) samāwiyyatin) [feminine] (Arabic), ܓܝܓܠܐ (gigglā) [Classical-Syriac] (Aramaic), երկնոլորտ (erknolort) (Armenian), zeru-esfera (Basque), нябесная сфера (njabjesnaja sfjera) [feminine] (Belarusian), খ-গোলক (kho-gōlok) (Bengali), небесна сфера (nebesna sfera) [feminine] (Bulgarian), esfera celeste [feminine] (Catalan), 天球 (tiānqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), nebeská sféra [feminine] (Czech), himmelkugle [common-gender] (Danish), hemelbol [masculine] (Dutch), ĉielosfero (Esperanto), taevasfäär (Estonian), taivaanpallo (Finnish), sphère céleste [feminine] (French), esfera celeste [feminine] (Galician), ცის სფერო (cis spero) (Georgian), Himmelskugel [feminine] (German), ουράνια σφαίρα (ouránia sfaíra) [feminine] (Greek), כיפת השמים (kipet ha-shemayim) [masculine] (Hebrew), खगोलीय गोला (khagolīya golā) (Hindi), éggömb (Hungarian), cielala sfero (Ido), bola langit (Indonesian), sféar neamhaí [feminine] (Irish), sfera celeste [feminine] (Italian), 天球 (tenkyū) (Japanese), ಖಗೋಳ (khagōḷa) (Kannada), аспан меридианы (aspan meridiany) (Kazakh), 천구 (cheon'gu) (Korean), debess sfēra [feminine] (Latvian), dangaus sfera [feminine] (Lithuanian), Himmelskugel (Luxembourgish), небесна сфера (nebesna sfera) [feminine] (Macedonian), sfera cakerawala (Malay), ഖഗോളം (khagōḷaṁ) (Malayalam), himmelhvelving [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), himmelkvelvinga [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), کره سپهری (koreye-sepehri) (Persian), گوی سپهری (guye-sepehri) (Persian), sfera niebieska [feminine] (Polish), esfera celeste [feminine] (Portuguese), sferă cerească [feminine] (Romanian), небе́сная сфе́ра (nebésnaja sféra) [feminine] (Russian), небеска сфера [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), nebeska sfera [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), nebeská sféra [feminine] (Slovak), nebesna krogla (Slovene), esfera celeste [feminine] (Spanish), himmelssfär [common-gender] (Swedish), himlavalv [neuter] (Swedish), panlangit na timbulog (Tagalog), வானக்கோளம் (vāṉakkōḷam) (Tamil), ทรงกลมฟ้า (song-glom-fáa) (Thai), gökküre (Turkish), небесна сфера (nebesna sfera) [feminine] (Ukrainian), thiên cầu (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-celestial_sphere-en-noun-ochekq8m Disambiguation of Cosmology: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Infinity, Obsolete scientific theories, Sphere Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Infinity: 79 21 Disambiguation of Obsolete scientific theories: 59 41 Disambiguation of Sphere: 79 21 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'abstract sphere of infinite radius': 91 9
  2. One of the nested concentric transparent spheres around the Earth in which celestial bodies such as stars and planets were said to be embedded in ancient and medieval Western cosmology, and whose rotation was said to produce the motion of such bodies. Categories (topical): Cosmology
    Sense id: en-celestial_sphere-en-noun-n4JszhQ1 Disambiguation of Cosmology: 55 45

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          "word": "ഖഗോളം"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "ცის სფერო"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "abstract sphere of infinite radius",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "abstract sphere of infinite radius",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "abstract sphere of infinite radius",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "esfera celeste"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "abstract sphere of infinite radius",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "abstract sphere of infinite radius",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "sense": "abstract sphere of infinite radius",
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      "word": "himlavalv"
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      "word": "panlangit na timbulog"
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      "code": "ta",
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      "roman": "vāṉakkōḷam",
      "sense": "abstract sphere of infinite radius",
      "word": "வானக்கோளம்"
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      "roman": "song-glom-fáa",
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      "word": "ทรงกลมฟ้า"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "tags": [
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