sphere

Kugel

Vollständig runde Form oder Sache, wie ein Ball.

In einfachem Englisch: A completely round shape or object, like a ball.

• The lamp is shaped like a sphere.
• She held a small glass sphere.
• The Earth is almost a perfect sphere.

Synonyme: ball, globe

Häufige Wendungen: glass sphere, solid sphere, perfect sphere

Bereich, Sphäre

Bereich des Lebens oder der Arbeit, in dem jemand tätig ist, Verantwortung trägt oder Einfluss hat.

In einfachem Englisch: An area of life or work in which someone acts, has responsibility, or has influence.

• Her work belongs to the political sphere.
• The matter falls outside my sphere of responsibility.
• His influence extends into several different spheres of public life.

So benutzt man es: sphere of something (The company expanded its sphere of influence.)

Synonyme: domain, field, area

Häufige Wendungen: sphere of influence, public sphere, political sphere

Kugeloberfläche, Sphäre

Oberfläche aus allen Punkten, die denselben Abstand von einem Mittelpunkt haben.

In einfachem Englisch: A surface consisting of all points at the same distance from a central point.

• Every point on a sphere is equally distant from its centre.
• Draw a sphere with a radius of two units.
• The equation describes a sphere in three-dimensional space.

Häufige Wendungen: unit sphere, sphere surface, sphere of radius