a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented | a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing |
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on | the mass of air surrounding the Earth |
an object with a spherical shape | the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body |
| a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade |
| the weather or climate at some place |
| a particular environment or surrounding influence |