sphere
noun
[ sfɪə ]
• a round solid figure, or its surface, with every point on its surface equidistant from its centre.
• an area of activity, interest, or expertise; a section of society or an aspect of life distinguished and unified by a particular characteristic.
• "political reforms to match those in the economic sphere"
Similar:
domain,
realm,
province,
field,
area,
region,
territory,
arena,
department,
area of interest,
area of study,
discipline,
speciality,
specialty,
sphere
verb
• enclose in or as if in a sphere.
• "mourners, sphered by their dark garb"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French espere, from late Latin sphera, earlier sphaera, from Greek sphaira ‘ball’.
-sphere
combining form
• denoting a structure or region of spherical form, especially a region round the earth.
• "ionosphere"
• denoting an area of activity, section of society, etc. distinguished by a particular characteristic.
• "blogosphere"
Origin:
from sphere, on the pattern of (atmo)sphere .
