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Also known as 2-sphere, orb
A sphere (from Ancient Greek , ) is a surface analogous to the circle, a curve. In solid geometry, a sphere is the set of points that are all at the same distance from a given point in three-dimensional space. That given point is the center of the sphere, and the distance is the sphere's radius. The earliest known mentions of spheres appear in the work of the ancient Greek mathematicians.
A sphere is a perfectly round three-dimensional shape where every point on its surface sits at an equal distance from a central point, much like how a circle works in two dimensions. Spheres matter because they are a fundamental geometric form that appears throughout mathematics, nature, and everyday objects like planets and balls, making them essential to understanding spatial relationships and physical properties of the world around us.
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- Polyhedron<! Please add only parameters that make sense for a sphere. >.name
- Sphere
- Polyhedron<! Please add only parameters that make sense for a sphere. >.image
- File:Sphere wireframe 10deg 6r.svg
- Polyhedron<! Please add only parameters that make sense for a sphere. >.caption
- A perspective projection of a sphere
- Polyhedron<! Please add only parameters that make sense for a sphere. >.euler
- 2
- Polyhedron<! Please add only parameters that make sense for a sphere. >.symmetry
- Orthogonal group|
- Polyhedron<! Please add only parameters that make sense for a sphere. >.type
- Smooth surfaceAlgebraic surface
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- Subclass of
- geometric primitive
- Followed by
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- Follows
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- Said to be same as
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