celestial sphere

See also: Celestial Sphere

English

Noun

celestial sphere (plural celestial spheres)

(astronomy) An abstract sphere of infinite radius which serves as the imaginary backdrop for celestial objects, and of which the visible sky is one hemisphere.

Synonyms

empyrean
firmament
heavens
vault of heaven
welkin

Translations

abstract sphere of infinite radius

Arabic: قُبَّة سَمَاوِيَّةٍ‎ f (qubba(t) samāwiyyatin)
Armenian: երկնոլորտ (hy) (erknolort)
Basque: zeru-esfera
Belarusian: нябесная сфера f (njabjesnaja sfjera)
Bengali: খ-গোলক (khô-golôk)
Bulgarian: небесна сфера f (nebesna sfera)
Catalan: esfera celeste f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 天球 (zh) (tiānqiú)
Czech: nebeská sféra f
Danish: himmelkugle c
Dutch: hemelbol (nl) m
Esperanto: ĉielosfero
Estonian: taevasfäär
Finnish: taivaanpallo (fi)
French: sphère céleste (fr) f
Galician: esfera celeste (gl) f
Georgian: ცის სფერო (cis spero)
German: Himmelskugel (de) f
Greek: ουράνια σφαίρα f (ouránia sfaíra)
Hebrew: כיפת השמים‎ m (kipet ha-shemayim)
Hindi: खगोलीय गोला (khagolīya golā)
Hungarian: éggömb (hu)
Ido: cielala sfero
Indonesian: bola langit
Irish: sféar neamhaí f
Italian: sfera celeste f
Japanese: 天球 (ja) (tenkyū)
Kazakh: аспан меридианы (aspan merïdïanı)

Korean: 천구 (ko) (cheon-gu)
Latvian: debess sfēra f
Lithuanian: dangaus sfera f
Luxembourgish: Himmelskugel
Macedonian: небесна сфера f (nebesna sfera)
Malay: sfera cakerawala
Malayalam: ഖഗോളം (ml) (khagōḷaṃ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: himmelhvelving (no) m

Nynorsk: himmelkvelvinga f
Persian: کره سپهری‎ (koreye-sepehri), گوی سپهری‎ (guye-sepehri)
Polish: sfera niebieska f
Portuguese: esfera celeste f
Romanian: sferă cerească f
Russian: небесная сфера (ru) f (nebesnaja sfera)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: небеска сфера f

Roman: nebeska sfera f
Slovak: nebeská sféra f
Slovene: nebesna krogla f
Spanish: esfera celeste f
Swedish: himmelssfär (sv) c, himlavalv (sv) n
Tagalog: panlangit na timbulog
Tamil: வானக்கோளம் (vāṉakkōḷam)
Thai: ทรงกลมฟ้า (song-glom-fáa)
Turkish: gökküre
Ukrainian: небесна сфера f (nebesna sfera)
Vietnamese: thiên cầu (vi)

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