chaplet vs sphere

chaplet

noun
  • A garland or circlet for the head. 

  • A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads. 

  • The Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the most well-known chaplet in the Catholic Church. 

  • A metal support for a cylindrical pipe. 

  • A molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead molding. 

  • A small chapel or shrine. 

  • A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mould. 

  • A headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring. 

sphere

noun
  • A regular three-dimensional object in which every cross-section is a circle; the figure described by the revolution of a circle about its diameter . 

  • The region in which something or someone is active; one's province, domain. 

  • The set of all points in three-dimensional Euclidean space (or n-dimensional space, in topology) that are a fixed distance from a fixed point . 

  • A spherical physical object; a globe or ball. 

  • Any of the concentric hollow transparent globes formerly believed to rotate around the Earth, and which carried the heavenly bodies; there were originally believed to be eight, and later nine and ten; friction between them was thought to cause a harmonious sound (the music of the spheres). 

  • The extension of a general conception, or the totality of the individuals or species to which it may be applied. 

  • An area of activity for a planet; or by extension, an area of influence for a god, hero etc. 

verb
  • To place in a sphere, or among the spheres; to ensphere. 

  • To make round or spherical; to perfect. 

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