Sentence examples for terrestrial sphere from inspiring English sources

The man in the title is E. Rushmore Coglan, a self-proclaimed "citizen of the terrestrial sphere" who meets the narrator in a Manhattan cafe.

Cylindrical projection, in cartography, any of numerous map projections of the terrestrial sphere on the surface of a cylinder that is then unrolled as a plane.

His first foray into ballet takes the form of an aquatic fairy tale in which the hero and heroine are torn between two worlds, the dangerous terrestrial sphere and an idyllic underwater realm.

Now secret satellites orbit the terrestrial Sphere, peering with photographic precision into the crevices of its crust; in Alaska, Canada, & Greenland, a network of radar scans the skies to record the slightest mo ement; & in stations around the globe, listening devices of almost indescribable sensitivity stand poised to register the faintest tremor.

Modelling the geomagnetic field over the whole terrestrial sphere is usually approached using spherical harmonic analysis (SHA).

The objective of many climate change policies is to address a rise in atmospheric concentration of anthropogenic GHGs that has occurred since the start of the industrial revolution and is usually framed as avoiding release of carbon that has been "locked" up for a long time in the terrestrial sphere.

Although methyl halides (CH3X) are simple halogenated compounds that are mainly released from oceanic and terrestrial spheres as well as from anthropogenic sources, specific information about the origins, quantities generated, chemical and biosynthetic mechanisms, and physiological functions of methyl halides remains to be insufficient.

But finding and studying large numbers of terrestrial-sized spheres requires a major leap in technology (Science, 2 January, p. 30).

The carbon cycle operates on a broad range of spatial and temporal scales, and involves highly complex and dynamic interactions within as well as at the interfaces between atmospheric, terrestrial and aquatic spheres [17, 23].

Importantly, this then increases the regional power of major states, whose national Web champions can use their advantages to control Internet services for neighboring, smaller countries as well, bringing the terrestrial concept of spheres of influence into cyberspace.

On either side of the main entrance stairs are two Sphinx figures, each holding a sphere, one terrestrial, one celestial, Heaven and Earth.