midsphere

A polyhedron and its midsphere (in blue)

Meaning

Noun

  • A middle sphere or region.
  • The sphere which, if it exists, is tangent to every edge of a given polyhedron and with respect to which the polyhedron's vertices are the inversion poles of the planes of the faces of its dual polyhedron (and vice versa).
  • The sphere, between two given spheres, by which each of the latter may be inverted into the other.
  • A supposed realm between earth and heaven.

Related

Similar words

  • intersphere, inversion sphere, reciprocating sphere
  • sphere of antisimilitude

Origin

Modern English dictionary

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