- circumference of sphere
- мат.окружность большого круга
English-Russian scientific dictionary. 2008.
English-Russian scientific dictionary. 2008.
Circumference — Cir*cum fer*ence, n. [L. circumferentia.] [1913 Webster] 1. The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery. Millon. [1913 Webster] 2. A circle; anything circular. [1913 Webster] His ponderous shield . . . Behind him cast.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sphere — sphereless, adj. spherelike, adj. /sfear/, n., v., sphered, sphering. n. 1. Geom. a. a solid geometric figure generated by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter; a round body whose surface is at all points equidistant from the center … Universalium
Sphere-world — The idea of a sphere world was constructed by Henri Poincaré while pursuing his argument for conventionalism (see philosophy of space and time), offered a thought experiment about a sphere with strange properties.Poincaré asks us to imagine a… … Wikipedia
Circle of the sphere — Circle Cir cle (s[ e]r k l), n. [OE. cercle, F. cercle, fr. L. circulus (Whence also AS. circul), dim. of circus circle, akin to Gr. kri kos, ki rkos, circle, ring. Cf. {Circus}, {Circum }.] [1913 Webster] 1. A plane figure, bounded by a single… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n-sphere — 2 sphere wireframe as an orthogonal projection Just as a … Wikipedia
Bernal sphere — External view of a Bernal sphere The inside of … Wikipedia
Dyson Sphere — An artificial world which is a hollow sphere built around a sun. This allows all of the sun s energy to be used by the inhabitants of the sphere, who live on the inside surface, giving them virtually unlimited energy. The circumference of the… … The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology
ambit — am·bit || æmbɪt n. circumference, limit, sphere, field … English contemporary dictionary
Spherical Earth — Medieval artistic representation of a spherical Earth with compartments representing earth, air, and water (c. 1400). The concept of a spherical Earth dates back to ancient Greek philosophy from around the 6th century BC … Wikipedia
Flat Earth — For other uses, see Flat Earth (disambiguation). The Flammarion engraving (1888) depicts a traveller who arrives at the edge of a flat Earth and sticks his head through the firmament … Wikipedia
analysis — /euh nal euh sis/, n., pl. analyses / seez /. 1. the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis). 2. this process as a method of studying the nature of something or of determining its… … Universalium