-sphere

See also: sphere, sphère, and -sphère

English

Suffix

-sphere

(mathematics) Used to form nouns indicating a sphere of x dimensions
n-sphere
Designating a spherical field or object.
sarcosphere; chromosphere
Designating a global system or layer of the Earth or another planet.
biosphere; hydrosphere
(figuratively) Designating a particular realm or interest of a group of people, object, etc.; its spatial or virtual sphere of influence.
blogosphere; wingnutosphere; Anglosphere

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -sphere

Derived terms

atmosphere
blogosphere
chondriosphere
hemisphere
lithosphere
oncosphere
somosphere
troposphere
vivosphere
zoosphere

Translations

designating some layer of the Earth

Catalan: -sfera (ca)
Dutch: sfeer (nl)
Finnish: -sfääri
Galician: -sfera f
Georgian: -სფერო (-spero)
Italian: -sfera (it)
Malay: -sfera (ms)
Persian: کره (fa) (-kore), سپهر (fa) (-sepehr)
Spanish: -sfera

Anagrams

Hesper, herpes, pesher, pheers

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