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globe
has definitions from the fields of geography,astronomy
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[ noun ] (astronomy) the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live
Examples "the Earth moves around the sun" "he sailed around the world" Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)`` in many corners of the globe '' , he said , `` the major source of impressions about this country are in the movies they meet . Yet for much of the globe , Hollywood is just that - prime , if_not sole , source of knowledge . (J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)Present data indicate an accretion of about * * f tons per_year over the entire globe , or about * * f . (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)His mind turned the globe swiftly for him , and he visualized Africa , which used Swahili south of the Sahara_Sea . |
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[ noun ] (geography) a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented
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