The place where something happens.
The set of settings related to the language and region in which a computer program executes. Examples are language, currency and time formats, character encoding etc.
A partially ordered set with the following additional axiomatic properties: any finite subset of it has a meet, any arbitrary subset of it has a join, and distributivity, which states that a binary meet distributes with respect to an arbitrary join. (Note: locales are just like frames except that the category of locales is opposite to the category of frames.)
An area of activity for a planet; or by extension, an area of influence for a god, hero etc.
The region in which something or someone is active; one's province, domain.
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 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.
To place in a sphere, or among the spheres; to ensphere.
To make round or spherical; to perfect.