terrestrial sphere
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Every day our terrestrial sphere revolves into and out of the sun’s light, irrespective of what we on its surface codify into laws and regardless of what numbers we display on our clocks.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 17, 2022
The weary old terrestrial sphere was either too hot or too cold and capricious in doling out its moisture.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the side of the terrestrial sphere nothing was to be seen.
From From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon by Jules Verne
No; Gallia was neither to pass beyond the limits of the solar system, nor to travel out of sight of the terrestrial sphere.
From Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space by Jules Verne
These figurative expressions are used in order to illustrate the point of view from whence we would consider the universe both in its celestial and terrestrial sphere.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Alexander von Humboldt
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