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небосвод — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • firmament noun The sky, especially thought of as a vast dome or vault overhead.

Senses

небосвод 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.
  • skybox (video games, computer graphics) A cube with textures on its inner faces, used to simulate the sky or similar backdrop around a three-dimensional playfield.

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.

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