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balloon
A balloon payment.
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  1. A balloon payment.
  2. An inflatable device that is inserted into a body cavity or structure and distended with air or gas for therapeutic purposes, such as angioplasty.
  3. An airtight bag that rises and floats above the earth when filled with hot air or a gas lighter than air, such as hydrogen or helium
orb
A celestial body, such as the sun or moon.
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  1. A celestial body, such as the sun or moon.
  2. (Archaic) Something of circular form; a circle or orbit.
  3. (--- Archaic) The earth.
spheroid
A solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about its major (prolate), or minor (oblate) axis.
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  1. A solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about its major (prolate), or minor (oblate) axis.
  2. A body that is shaped like a sphere but is not perfectly round, especially an ellipsoid that is generated by revolving an ellipse around one of its axes.
celestial globe
A globe on which the stars, constellations, etc. are depicted in their proper relative positions in the sky
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  1. A globe on which the stars, constellations, etc. are depicted in their proper relative positions in the sky
  2. A model of the celestial sphere showing the positions of the stars and other celestial bodies as well as circles of right ascension, declination, the celestial equator, and the ecliptic.
Find another word for globe. In this page you can discover 8 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for globe, like: terrestrial globe, ball, earth, balloon, orb, spheroid, celestial globe and Copernican sphere.

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  • He's been globe trotting for the last three weeks.

  • The size of a globe is usually given in terms of its diameter.

  • The zoology of Australia and Tasmania presents a very conspicuous point of difference from that of other regions of the globe, in the prevalence of non-placental mammalia.

  • Sir John Murray deduced the mean height of the land of the globe as about 2250 ft.

  • suggestion of Toscanelli, and under-estimating the diameter of the globe, by sailing due west.

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