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| crown glass |
an old form of circular window glass made by blowing a globe and whirling it into a flat disk. [1/2 definitions] |
| crystal ball |
a globe of glass or crystal used by fortune-tellers to tell what will happen in the future. In stories, crystal balls are often used by witches or wizards. |
| equator |
the imaginary circle around the earth that is halfway between the North and South Poles. The equator is represented by a line that goes around the middle of a globe. |
| global |
in the shape of a globe. [1/2 definitions] |
| globe |
to shape into a globe. [2/6 definitions] |
| globoid |
shaped approximately like a globe; globular. [1/2 definitions] |
| globose |
shaped like a globe; globular; globoid. |
| globular |
in the shape of a globe or globule; spherical. [1/3 definitions] |
| hemisphere |
either of two halves of the terrestrial globe, formed by dividing it into northern and southern parts at the equator, or into eastern and western parts at the prime meridian. [1/3 definitions] |
| longitude |
distance on the earth's surface east or west of an imaginary line on the globe that goes from the north pole to the south pole and passes through Greenwich, England. Longitude is usually measured in degrees. |
| mescal |
one of two species of cactus, esp. a small, globe-shaped plant with buttonlike projections that are chewed as a hallucinogenic drug by certain Mexican Indians during religious ceremonies. [1/2 definitions] |
| orb |
a spherical body such as a globe or planet. [1/3 definitions] |
| rhumb line |
the curved line on the surface of a sphere, indicating the path of a ship or plane that maintains a fixed compass direction, which crosses all meridians on a globe or map at the same angle. |
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