celestial sphere
The apparent outer limit of spaceThe apparent outer limit of space; an abstract sphere of infinite radius which serves as the imaginary backdrop for celestial objects, and of which the visible sky is one hemisphere.
» Celestial bodies are projected onto an imaginary sphere called the celestial sphere.
Небесные тела проецируются на воображаемую сферу, которая называется небесной сферой.
Meaning
2 sensesThe apparent outer limit of space; an abstract sphere of infinite radius which serves as the imaginary backdrop for celestial objects, and of which the visible sky is one hemisphere.
Himmelskugel
небе́сная сфе́раnebésnaja sféra
небесна сфераnebesna sfera
the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
One of the nested concentric transparent spheres around the Earth in which celestial bodies such as stars and planets were said to be embedded in ancient and medieval Western cosmology, and whose rotation was said to produce the motion of such bodies.
Examples
1 sentencesCelestial bodies are projected onto an imaginary sphere called the celestial sphere.
ruНебесные тела проецируются на воображаемую сферу, которая называется небесной сферой. — LanguagesLover
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