sphere

Words with a similar base: celestial_sphere, sphere, sphere_of_influence

'sphere'

[sphere.n.01] as in: a particular environment or walk of life

Examples:
his social sphere is limited
it was a closed area of employment
he's out of my orbit

'sphere'

[sphere.n.02] as in: any spherically shaped artifact

'sphere'

[sphere.n.03] as in: the geographical area in which one nation is very influential

'sphere'

[sector.n.03] as in: a particular aspect of life or activity

Examples:
he was helpless in an important sector of his life

'sphere'

[sphere.n.05] as in: a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses)

'sphere'

[sphere.n.06] as in: a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center

'sphere'

[celestial_sphere.n.01] as in: the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected

Origins

					sphere (English)
└── sphere (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
    └── sphera (Latin)
        └── sphaera (Latin)
            └── σφαῖρα (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

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