midsphere

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A middle sphere or region.
  2. The sphere which, if it exists, is tangent to every edge of a given polyhedron and with respect to which the polyhedron's vertices are the inversion poles of the planes of the faces of its dual polyhedron (and vice versa).
  3. The sphere, between two given spheres, by which each of the latter may be inverted into the other.
  4. A supposed realm between earth and heaven.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

midsphere midspheres

Etymology

From mid- + sphere.

Synonyms

intersphere inversion sphere reciprocating sphere sphere of antisimilitude

Related words

circumsphere insphere midcircle midradius canonical polyhedron inversion pole
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