terrestrial globe
- See under globe(def 3).
Origin of terrestrial globe
First recorded in 1550–60
globe
[glohb]
- the planet Earth (usually preceded by the).
- a planet or other celestial body.
- a sphere on which is depicted a map of the earth (terrestrial globe) or of the heavens (celestial globe).
- a spherical body; sphere.
- anything more or less spherical, as a lampshade or a glass fishbowl.
- a golden ball traditionally borne as an emblem of sovereignty; orb.
- to form into a globe.
- to take the form of a globe.
Origin of globe
1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French globe < Latin globus round body, ball, sphere
Synonyms
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com1. See earth.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
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globe
- a sphere on which a map of the world or the heavens is drawn or represented
- the globe the world; the earth
- a planet or some other astronomical body
- an object shaped like a sphere, such as a glass lampshade or fish-bowl
- Australian, NZ and Southern African an electric light bulb
- an orb, usually of gold, symbolic of authority or sovereignty
- to form or cause to form into a globe
Word Origin
C16: from Old French, from Latin globus
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Word Origin and History for terrestrial globe
globe
n.
mid-15c., "sphere," from Middle French globe (14c.) and directly from Latin globus "round mass, sphere, ball," also, of men, "a throng, crowd, body, mass," related to gleba "clod, soil, land" (see glebe). Sense of "planet earth," or a three-dimensional map of it first attested 1550s.
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