globe
Noun
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The 3rd planet from the sun;
The planet we live on (synset 109293800)"the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"is an instance of: terrestrial planet - a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's; the four innermost planets in the solar systembelongs to: solar system - the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field -
An object with a spherical shape (synset 113922097)
"a ball of fire"is a type of: sphere - a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses)subtypes:
- crystal ball - a glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers
- camphor ball, mothball - a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing
- time-ball - a ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time; especially at an observatory
- fireball - the luminous center of a nuclear explosion
- fireball - a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning)
- globule - a small globe or ball
- spherule - a small sphere
- pellet - a small sphere
- bolus - a small round soft mass (as of chewed food)
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A sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented (synset 103445436)
is a type of:
- model, simulation - representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
- sphere - any spherically shaped artifact
subtypes: celestial globe - a globe that is a spherical model of the heavens
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