taivaankansi — meaning in English

English meaning

• firmament noun The sky, especially thought of as a vast dome or vault overhead.
• sphere noun A perfectly round, three-dimensional shape, like a ball.

Senses

taivaankansi is used for these senses in English:

• firmament (usually, uncountable, literary, poetic, also, figuratively) The vault of the heavens, where the clouds, sun, moon, and stars can be seen; the heavens, the sky.
• sphere (historical, astronomy, mythology) 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). [from 14th c.]

firmament — full definition

1. noun The sky, especially thought of as a vast dome or vault overhead.
2. noun A particular field or sphere of activity, used figuratively.

sphere — full definition

1. noun A perfectly round, three-dimensional shape, like a ball.
2. noun A particular area of activity, interest, or influence.

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