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CRYSTALLINE SPHERES

Definition: CRYSTALLINE SPHERES

CRYSTALLINE SPHERES

1. In the Ptolemaic system of astronomy, two transparent spheres imagined to exist between the region of the fixed stars and the primum mobile (or outer circle of the heavens, which by its motion was supposed to carry round all those within it), in order to explain certain movements of the heavenly bodies.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Anagrams: CRYSTALLINE SPHERES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-h-i-l-l-n-p-r-r-s-s-s-t-y"

-4 letters: secretaryships.

-5 letters: earthlinesses, ethicalnesses, literalnesses, lyricalnesses, preachinesses, secretaryship, typicalnesses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: CRYSTALLINE SPHERES


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 52 59 53 54 41 4C 4C 49 4E 45      53 50 48 45 52 45 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01010010 01011001 01010011 01010100 01000001 01001100 01001100 01001001 01001110 01000101 00100000 01010011 01010000 01001000 01000101 01010010 01000101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#82 &#89 &#83 &#84 &#65 &#76 &#76 &#73 &#78 &#69 &#32 &#83 &#80 &#72 &#69 &#82 &#69 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0052 0059 0053 0054 0041 004C 004C 0049 004E 0045      0053 0050 0048 0045 0052 0045 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3752595354354646434839253504239523953

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Anagrams
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

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