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Factory simulation game
Dyson Sphere Program is an upcoming factory simulation game developed by Youthcat Studio and published by Gamera Games. It was released in early access
Dyson_Sphere_Program
Hypothetical megastructure around a star
A Dyson sphere is a hypothetical megastructure that encompasses a star and captures a large percentage of its power output. The concept is a thought experiment
Dyson_sphere
Video game genre
flourished: Factorio (1.0 in 2020), Satisfactory (EA 2019), RimWorld and Dyson Sphere Program emphasized logistics, throughput, and emergent complexity; "survival-city"
Construction and management simulation
Construction_and_management_simulation
Very large artificial object
climate. The player's central quest in computer game Dyson Sphere Program is to construct a Dyson sphere. Gameplay focuses on constructing planetary scale
Megastructure
British theoretical physicist and mathematician (1923–2020)
Dyson conjecture Dyson equation Dyson numbers Dyson operator Dyson series Dyson sphere Dyson tree Dyson's crank Dyson's eternal intelligence Dyson's transform
Freeman_Dyson
Class of video game, generally independently published
2023-07-18. Retrieved 2023-08-02. Bailey, Dustin (September 30, 2021). "Dyson Sphere Program reaches 1.7 million units sold as the devs detail combat". PCGamesN
Indie_game
Master of Olympus Black & White – 2001 Black and White 2 – 2005 Dyson Sphere Program – 2021 From Dust Godus Reus – 2013 Reus 2 – 2024 Balance of Power
List of simulation video games
List_of_simulation_video_games
Construction and management simulation video game for Windows and mobile platforms
when it was only available in China it sold over 700,000 copies." Dyson Sphere Program Volcano Princess "Amazing Cultivation Simulator blends Taoist philosophy
Amazing_Cultivation_Simulator
Livestream events produced by Microsoft Gaming
and select independent developers. Nintendo Direct State of Play (video program) Warren, Tom (January 11, 2023). "Microsoft announces Xbox Developer_Direct
Xbox_Developer_Direct
2023 video game
600,000 copies. video games portal Amazing Cultivation Simulator Dyson Sphere Program Princess Maker Series Yeo, Amanda (8 June 2023). "Raising sim 'Volcano
Volcano_Princess
Modern WEB EV Business Simulation TBA Dyson Sphere Program Youthcat Studio Sci-fi WIN Constructing a Dyson sphere from resources in a star cluster in outer
List of business simulation video games
List_of_business_simulation_video_games
Measure of a civilization's evolution
can directly consume a star's energy, most likely through the use of a Dyson sphere. A Type III civilization (galactic) is able to capture all the energy
Kardashev_scale
Canadian bioethicist, transhumanist, and futurist
May 2006. Dvorsky gained some notoriety in 2012 after writing about Dyson spheres, hypothetical structures intended to collect the entire energetic output
George_Dvorsky
Property that provides scientific evidence for the presence of technology
the detection of 8 possible technosignatures for follow-up studies. A Dyson sphere, constructed by life forms dwelling in proximity to a Sun-like star,
Technosignature
Discrepancy of the lack of evidence for alien life despite its apparent likelihood
27W. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/792/1/27. S2CID 16322536. "Fermilab Dyson Sphere search program". Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Archived from the original
Fermi_paradox
Astrophysical thought experiment by Freeman Dyson
scientific and science fiction communities than Dyson's other theories, such as the Dyson sphere and the Dyson tree. Bioship Grey goo Intergalactic travel
Astrochicken
Japanese manga series
manga, the City has come to resemble a series of layered, concentric Dyson spheres, filled with haphazard architecture and largely devoid of life. These
Blame!
Spoof of scientific writing or practice
with no content, but cited over 70 times Dyson sphere – hypothetical megastructure theorised by Freeman Dyson in Science in 1960. Later described by the
Parody_science
Topic in futurism
projects that would harm human civilization. Such projects could include Dyson spheres, which completely enclose stars and capture all energy coming from them
Potential cultural impact of extraterrestrial contact
Potential_cultural_impact_of_extraterrestrial_contact
1919 observations which confirmed Einstein's theory of general relativity
of general relativity, organised by the British astronomers Frank Watson Dyson and Arthur Stanley Eddington in 1919. Observations of the total solar eclipse
Eddington_experiment
2006 novel by Eric Nylund
to a Dyson Sphere. Kurt remains behind in order to detonate two nuclear weapons to stop the Covenant from following the humans into the Sphere. Hiding
Halo:_Ghosts_of_Onyx
Hypothesis of barriers to forming interstellar civilizations
traced to Dyson-like structures (shells, swarms, or spheres). So far, none have been found. See for example, Tilgner & Heinrichsen, "A Program to Search
Great_Filter
Possible future technology
propulsion Bernal sphere Bias drive Bishop ring Black hole starship Bracewell probe Bussard ramjet Dean drive Dipole drive Dyson sphere Dyson–Harrop satellite
List of hypothetical technologies
List_of_hypothetical_technologies
Class of nuclear reactor used for education and research
for TRIGA, which included Edward Teller, was led by the physicist Freeman Dyson. Multiple variants of the reactor have been built, with a total of 66 having
TRIGA
1995 novel by Ben Aaronovitch
the Doctor takes his companions on a holiday to the Worldsphere, a Dyson Sphere that is the home of the massively technologically advanced race called
The_Also_People
American mathematician (1930–2026)
Information Center. Irene Fischer List of African-American women in STEM fields Dyson, Cathy (January 19, 2018). "Gladys West's work on GPS 'would impact the
Gladys_West
2022 film by Roland Emmerich
interior of the Moon, revealed to be a Dyson sphere powered by a white dwarf at its center. The Dyson sphere's AI operating system explains to Brian that
Moonfall_(film)
Philosopher and writer (born 1973)
nature or by other technologies. In 2011, Bostrom founded the Oxford Martin Program on the Impacts of Future Technology. Bostrom's theory of the unilateralist's
Nick_Bostrom
Hypothetical spacecraft propulsion through continuous nuclear explosions for thrust
technology, as discussed in a 1968 paper, "Interstellar Transport" by Freeman Dyson. Project Daedalus was a study conducted between 1973 and 1978 by the British
Nuclear_pulse_propulsion
2022 TV series or program
theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson advocated expanding SETI to detect hypothesised alien megastructures such as Dyson Spheres. Closer to home, a number of
Rendezvous_with_the_Future
members of different spacefaring civilizations coexist peacefully. Dyson spheres in popular culture List of films featuring space stations List of fictional
Space stations and habitats in fiction
Space_stations_and_habitats_in_fiction
Ideologies of change via capitalism and technology
communism. Shaviro also argued that left-accelerationism must be an aesthetic program before a political one, as failing to explore the possibilities of technology
Accelerationism
American biophysicist and author
best-selling author, biotechnology entrepreneur, and the former director of the Program on Medicine, Technology and Society at UCLA School of Medicine. His interests
Gregory_Stock
Counterintuitive mathematical object
counterexample in topology is the Alexander horned sphere, showing that topologically embedding the sphere S2 in R3 may fail to separate the space cleanly
Pathological_(mathematics)
American physicist, author, and inventor (1927–1992)
102.1418. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2012. Dyson 1993, pp. 97–98 Dyson 1993, p. 98 "Gerard K. O'Neill" Notable Scientists: From 1900
Gerard_K._O'Neill
Human Side. Princeton: Princeton University Press, p. 66. Einstein, Albert; Dyson, Freeman (2010). Calaprice, Alice (ed.). Ultimate Quotable Einstein. Princeton
Religious and philosophical views of Albert Einstein
Religious_and_philosophical_views_of_Albert_Einstein
US technoprogressive think tank
from these. The institute has since shifted its research away from these programs and towards research on the policy implications of human enhancement and
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
Institute_for_Ethics_and_Emerging_Technologies
Speculation that the Moon is hollow
ago. Moonfall (2022). Science fiction film portraying the Moon as a Dyson sphere enclosing a white dwarf. Don Wilson, Our Mysterious Spaceship Moon (1975)
Hollow_Moon
Hypothetical form of archaeology of remnants of alien civilizations
conducted by Freitas and Valdes. In a 1960 paper, Freeman Dyson proposed the idea of a Dyson sphere, a type of extraterrestrial artifact able to be searched
Xenoarchaeology
Australian AI researcher (born 1947)
neural networks using three-dimensional cellular automata inside field programmable gate arrays. He has written about his belief in an coming war between
Hugo_de_Garis
American computer scientist and AI researcher
probabilistic inference engine and a custom version of evolutionary programming. The 2012 documentary The Singularity by independent filmmaker Doug Wolens
Ben_Goertzel
Effort to find civilizations not from Earth
outside the Solar System. An astroengineering installation such as a Dyson sphere, designed to convert all of the incident radiation of its host star into
Search for extraterrestrial intelligence
Search_for_extraterrestrial_intelligence
three spheres to both the Sun and the Moon with the first sphere moving in the same manner as the sphere of the fixed stars. The second sphere explains
Historical models of the Solar System
Historical_models_of_the_Solar_System
Japanese mecha anime and its franchise
Dyson sphere, built by JIOR, is invaded by the Dorssian military forces. Haruto Tokishima, a student from Sakimori High School living on the sphere's
Valvrave_the_Liberator
Use of nuclear explosives for non-military purposes
contract no.: W-7405-Eng48. Dyson, Freeman (1979). Disturbing the Universe. Nordyke, Milo D. (1998). "The soviet program for peaceful uses of nuclear
Peaceful_nuclear_explosion
Internal service of Amazon.com
Garmin, Dyson, Remington, Case Logic, Creative, Braun, Sennheiser, Olympus, LG, Black & Decker, Acer and Walker Books. Reception for the program has been
Amazon_Vine
Australian philosopher and bioethicist
Faculty of Medicine. During this period, he was also Director of the Ethics Program at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. In 2002, Savulescu was appointed
Julian_Savulescu
American philosopher and sociologist (born 1959)
closely associated with social epistemology as an interdisciplinary research program. Social epistemology is a normative[citation needed] discipline that addresses
Steve_Fuller_(sociologist)
Citizen science project to find exoplanets
"Maybe It's a Dyson Sphere". Notes. The Atlantic. Retrieved 15 June 2017. Bodenner, Chris (17 October 2015). "Maybe It's a Dyson Sphere, Cont'd". Notes
Planet_Hunters
American progressive news organization
experiment" in whether the political left could compete with the right-wing media sphere, noting that it avoids personality-driven formats and overtly partisan outrage
More Perfect Union (media organization)
More_Perfect_Union_(media_organization)
Philosophical movement
others have made important contributions as well. For example, Freeman Dyson and Frank Tipler in the twentieth century... Pauls, David. "Transhumanism:
Transhumanism
gone rogue, introducing itself with the slogan "Your mind is software. Program it. – Your body is a shell. Change it. – Death is a disease. Cure it. –
Transhumanism_in_fiction
American mathematical physicist
important conjectures about operator inequalities, including the Wigner-Yanase-Dyson conjecture. In the years 1997–99, Lieb provided a rigorous treatment of
Elliott_H._Lieb
Force resulting from the quantisation of a field
the force in the experimental sphere–plate geometry was computed with an approximation (due to Derjaguin) that the sphere radius R is much larger than
Casimir_effect
American animated drama television series
the director of the NSA and the head of the U.S. government's covert UI program. Rosemarie DeWitt as Ellen Kim, Maddie's protective and down-to-earth mother
Pantheon_(TV_series)
American politician and activist (born 1989)
build "an age of authoritarianism" in a retreat from rules-based order to spheres of influence, to "carve out a world where Donald Trump can command the
Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez
1985 novel by Margaret Atwood
Econowives (the wives of lower-ranking men who handle everything in the domestic sphere) in blue, red and green stripes, and widows in black. Offred details her
The_Handmaid's_Tale
2005 novel by John Scalzi
system is surrounded by an inpenetrable energy shield, powered by a Dyson sphere, which harnesses all the energy output of its local sun's companion dwarf
Old_Man's_War
Thor: Ragnarok production designer Dan Hennah described the realm as a Dyson sphere which draws power out of a dying star to energize its inhabitants. Nidavellir
Features of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Features_of_the_Marvel_Cinematic_Universe
Hypothetical situation
equilibrium) Bucket argument – argues that space is absolute, not relational Dyson sphere Einstein's box Elitzur–Vaidman bomb-tester (quantum mechanics) EPR paradox
Thought_experiment
Light bending by mass between source and observer
near the Sun on the celestial sphere. The observations were performed in 1919 by Arthur Eddington, Frank Watson Dyson, and their collaborators during
Gravitational_lens
Disproven hypothesis
inspired by his reading of Raymond W. Bernard's 1969 book The Hollow Earth. Dyson sphere Earth's inner core Expanding Earth Flat Earth Hades Hollow Moon List
Hollow_Earth
American TV, radio, and internet news program
has been involved in pioneering extensive media cooperation in the public sphere across the US. Democracy Now!, also called Democracy Now! The War and Peace
Democracy_Now!
Subfield of sociology
idealistic perception of the public sphere. Even stronger critiques come from academics who believe that the program of public sociology will unduly politicize
Public_sociology
Japanese statesman (1841–1909)
heigou) (in Japanese). Aoki Shoten. ISBN 978-4-250-20414-2. Walker, Hugh Dyson (2012). East Asia: A New History. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4772-6517-8
Itō_Hirobumi
Scientific projections regarding the far future
Universe. New York: The Free Press. pp. 85–87. ISBN 978-0-684-85422-9. Dyson, Freeman (1979). "Time Without End: Physics and Biology in an Open Universe"
Timeline_of_the_far_future
Government system where political power lies with the people
1080/13510347.2025.2487825. ISSN 1351-0347. Retrieved 2 June 2026. Wilson, Ben; Dyson, Tim (2017). "Democracy and the demographic transition". Democratization
Democracy
American computer scientist, author and futurist (born 1948)
that used a computer program to match high school students with colleges. The program, called the Select College Consulting Program, was designed by him
Ray_Kurzweil
Ancient Indo-Aryan language of South Asia, mainly Indian subcontinent
Indo-European Languages. Routledge. pp. 26–31. ISBN 978-1-134-92187-4. Dyson, Tim (2018). A Population History of India: From the First Modern People
Sanskrit
Distance measuring technique
University of Texas at Austin. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021. Dyson, F. W. (March 1913). "The distribution in space of the stars in Carrington's
Parallax_in_astronomy
1990–1991 conflict in the Middle East
Medicine. 327 (13): 931–936. doi:10.1056/NEJM199209243271306. PMID 1513350. Dyson, Tim; Cetorelli, Valeria (1 July 2017). "Changing views on child mortality
Gulf_War
American civil rights activist (1955–2007)
Sourcebooks. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-8050-2445-6. Branch, p. 128. Garrow, p. 236. Dyson, p. 215. Bruns, p. 64. Vann, Sonya C (February 3, 1994). "King's Daughter
Yolanda_King
American book publisher
Iris Chang Stephanie Coontz Richard Dawkins Andrea Dworkin Michael Eric Dyson Niall Ferguson Richard Feynman Richard Florida Martin Ford Howard Gardner
Basic_Books
American sci-fi writer and poet (1940–2008)
pioneered by Cognetics' Charles Kreitzberg, was produced by Don Daglow and programmed by Kevin Bentley. It showcased Disch's vivid writing, a stark contrast
Thomas_M._Disch
2000 American TV series or program
from Excelsior. Realizing Siroc may try anything to get to the Grey Dyson Sphere, Naros realizes not only is he a target, but so are Elbrey and Artim
Star_Trek:_Hidden_Frontier
Material composed of antiparticles
process. The produced pair beams have a volume that fills multiple Debye spheres and are thus able to sustain collective plasma oscillations. The existence
Antimatter
handset Alexey Dushkin (1904–1977), Russia – deep column station James Dyson (born 1947), UK – Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner, incorporating the
List_of_inventors
Bronze Age civilisation in South Asia
cities, for example, only averaged about 20 to 25 km (12 to 16 mi) apart. Dyson: "The subcontinent's people were hunter-gatherers for many millennia. There
Indus_Valley_Civilisation
1999 film by George Lucas
Georgetown University professor of African-American studies Michael Eric Dyson says that the entire Gungan species seems suggestive of a primitive African
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Star_Wars:_Episode_I_–_The_Phantom_Menace
originally published 1997 by Scholars Press for Emory University), p. 136. R. W. Dyson, Natural Law and Political Realism in the History of Political Thought (Peter
Slavery_in_ancient_Rome
(1891–1980) Pierre Duhem (1861–1916) A. Hunter Dupree (1921–2019) George Dyson Jacques Ellul (1912–1994) Eugene S. Ferguson (1916–2004) Peter Galison Sigfried
History of science and technology
History_of_science_and_technology
American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer (1859–1952)
communication away from elite, corporate hegemony toward a civic public sphere. "The 'public' of public journalists is Dewey's public." [citation needed]
John_Dewey
President of the United States from 1913 to 1921
College of New Jersey was being renamed Princeton University; an ambitious program of expansion for the university accompanied the name change. In the 1896
Woodrow_Wilson
American theoretical physicist (1904–1967)
encouraged the research of many well-known scientists, including Freeman Dyson, and the duo of Chen Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee, who won a Nobel Prize
J._Robert_Oppenheimer
Radical reforms that created the Turkish nation state
affecting not only politics, but the economic, social, educational, and legal spheres of Turkish society. The reforms involved a number of fundamental institutional
Atatürk's_reforms
Public university in Lausanne, Switzerland
chairs) around common themes: School of Basic Sciences (SB, Paul Joseph Dyson) Institute of Mathematics (MATH, Maryna Viazovska) Institute of Chemical
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
École_Polytechnique_Fédérale_de_Lausanne
1947 division of British India
archived from the original on 15 August 2020, retrieved 15 November 2015 Dyson, Tim (2018), A Population History of India: From the First Modern People
Partition_of_India
Constructing product by means of computer
objects. Basic three-dimensional geometric forms (e.g., prisms, cylinders, spheres, or rectangles) have solid volumes added or subtracted from them as if
Computer-aided_design
Mathematical model of ferromagnetism in statistical mechanics
i − j | − α {\displaystyle J_{ij}\sim |i-j|^{-\alpha }} with 1 < α < 2, Dyson proved, by comparison with the hierarchical case, that there is phase transition
Ising_model
Economic system free from interventionism
last 100 years (2006) Piergiorgio Odifreddi, Arturo Sangalli, Freeman J Dyson, p. 122. Princeton University Press. 22 October 2006. ISBN 978-0-691-12805-4
Laissez-faire
Socio-economic model
social values in accordance with the ideology of the social market economy. Dyson, Kenneth; Humphreys, Peter (2023). The Politics of the Communications Revolution
Social_market_economy
1890s–1920s US political reform movement
maintenance, and doctoring. Such scientific management applied to the domestic sphere was presented as a solution to the dilemma black middle-class women faced
Progressive_Era
Woodrow Wilson's campaign platform in the 1912 US presidential election
in the 1912 presidential election, and also refers to the progressive programs enacted by Wilson during his time as president. First expressed in his
The_New_Freedom
Erik (23 March 2025). "Dead And Company Honor Phil Lesh During Las Vegas Sphere Performance". KYNT. Riverfront Broadcasting. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
List_of_signature_songs
American abolitionist (1818–1895)
the world would be a better place if women were involved in the political sphere: In this denial of the right to participate in government, not merely the
Frederick_Douglass
American actress and producer (born 1977)
Laboratory and the Johnson Space Center, and modeled her role on Tracy Caldwell Dyson, with whom she spent time in Houston. The Martian became her second film
Jessica_Chastain
Country in South Asia
them from mainly meat sources into domesticated draft-animals as well." Dyson (2018) "The subcontinent's people were hunter-gatherers for many millennia
Pakistan
Founding ideology of the Republic of Türkiye
during Atatürk's lifetime. Atatürk's reforms in the social and political spheres are accepted as irreversible. Atatürk never entertained the possibility
Kemalism
2017 Marvel Studios film
Realms, ruled by Surtur. Production designer Dan Hennah described it as a Dyson sphere, with the realm drawing power out of a dying star to energize its inhabitants
Thor:_Ragnarok
1946–1954 French colonial war in Indochina
no. 1". October 14, 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-10-14. Hugh Dyson Walker (November 2012). East Asia: A New History. AuthorHouse. pp. 621–
First_Indochina_War
DYSON SPHERE-PROGRAM
DYSON SPHERE-PROGRAM
Female
English
English variant spelling of Greek Phoebe, PHEBE means "shining one."
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Sherry, SHERI means "darling."
Boy/Male
English
Surname.'beloved.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Dyson.
Boy/Male
English
Dennis' son.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from a byname for a person who is "fiery tempered," from the Old French word tison, TYSON means "firebrand."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : evidently a patronymic, but unexplained; perhaps a variant of Hewson.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Sherry, SHEREE means "darling."
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Ophir, OPHER means "gold" or "reducing to ashes."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Shear 1.Indian (Maharashtra); pronounced as two syllables : Hindu (Vani) name, probably from Marathi šera ‘rate’.
Boy/Male
Australian, French, Portuguese
Stern; Severe
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Sherry, SHERIE means "darling."
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Spear
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Dyson (see Dye).English : nickname for someone with a fiery temperament, from Old French tison ‘firebrand’.Americanized spelling of German Theissen or Theisen.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Yorkshire)
English (chiefly Yorkshire) : metronymic from Dye.Possibly an Americanized spelling of Danish, German, and Norwegian Theisen or German Theissen.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Lison.Possibly also an Americanized spelling of German Leisen.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, DYSON means "son of Dye."Â
Boy/Male
French Teutonic American English
Son of a German.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
Son of the Beloved; Surname; Variant of David; Beloved
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, French, German, Jamaican, Teutonic
Firebrand; Son of a German; High-spirited
DYSON SPHERE-PROGRAM
DYSON SPHERE-PROGRAM
Boy/Male
Muslim
Intimacy. Companionship.
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Honourable outstanding
Boy/Male
English
People's victory.
Girl/Female
Australian, Welsh
Pearl; Based on the Abbreviation Meg
Boy/Male
Latin American French Spanish
Mariner.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Satisfaction
Girl/Female
Muslim
Slave, Maid servant, Female servant
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Christian, French, Hawaiian, Hebrew
Home; Dwelling of Honour; To Give Honour; Habitation
Boy/Male
Tamil
King, Basil the herb
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Rising Light
DYSON SPHERE-PROGRAM
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DYSON SPHERE-PROGRAM
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DYSON SPHERE-PROGRAM
a.
Rounded like a sphere; sphere-shaped; hence, symmetrical; complete; perfect.
imp. & p. p.
of Sphere
superl.
Sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as, severe pain, anguish, fortune; severe cold.
n.
A sphere.
v. t.
To place in a sphere, or among the spheres; to insphere.
a.
Of or pertaining to a sphere.
v. t.
To place in a sphere; to envelop.
v. t.
To place in, or as in, an orb a sphere. Cf. Ensphere.
a.
Of or pertaining to the spheres.
adv.
In this place; in the place where the speaker is; -- opposed to there.
a.
Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set.
v. t.
To form into roundness; to make spherical, or spheral; to perfect.
n.
A sphere or scheme of operation.
a.
Of or pertaining to a sphere or the spheres.
n.
The apparent surface of the heavens, which is assumed to be spherical and everywhere equally distant, in which the heavenly bodies appear to have their places, and on which the various astronomical circles, as of right ascension and declination, the equator, ecliptic, etc., are conceived to be drawn; an ideal geometrical sphere, with the astronomical and geographical circles in their proper positions on it.
v. i.
To form a scheme or schemes.
n.
A sphere.
v. t.
To form into a sphere.
a.
Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body.
v. t.
To remove, as a planet, from its sphere or orb.