-sphere

suffix

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek σφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)bor. Latin sphaera Late Latin sphērader. Old French spherebor. Middle English spere English sphere English -sphere From sphere.

  1. derived from spherebor

Definitions

  1. Sphere of a certain dimensionality.

    • n-sphere
  2. Spherical object.

    • calcisphere; cenosphere
  3. A spherical field or sphere of influence.

    • chromosphere; radiansphere

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for -sphere. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA