01 n. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.
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1.
A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.
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2.
Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.
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3.
The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by the definite article.
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4.
A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; -- called also artificial globe. Also: artificial globe
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5.
A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans, answering to the modern infantry square.“Him round A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed.” — Milton.
Phrases & compounds
Globe amaranth —
a plant of the genus Gomphrena (G. globosa), bearing round heads of variously colored flowers, which long retain color when gathered.
Globe animalcule —
a small, globular, locomotive organism (Volvox globator), once throught to be an animal, afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic algæ.
Globe of compression —
a kind of mine producing a wide crater; -- called also overcharged mine.
Globe daisy —
a plant or flower of the genus Globularing, common in Europe. The flowers are minute and form globular heads.
Globe sight —
a form of front sight placed on target rifles.
Globe slater —
an isopod crustacean of the genus Spheroma.
Globe thistle —
a thistlelike plant with the flowers in large globular heads (Cynara Scolymus); also, certain species of the related genus Echinops.
Globe valve —
A ball valve.
Syn.
Globe, Sphere, Orb, Ball.
-- Globe denotes a round, and usually a solid body; sphere is the term applied in astronomy to such a body, or to the concentric spheres or orbs of the old astronomers; orb is used, especially in poetry, for globe or sphere, and also for the pathway of a heavenly body; ball is applied to the heavenly bodies concieved of as impelled through space.