Англо-русский словарь - firmament
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firmament
noun (обыкн. the firmament) небесный свод
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n. literary the sky regarded as a vault or arch. Derivatives firmamental adj. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L firmamentum f. firmare (as FIRM(2)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin ~um, from Latin, support, from firmare Date: 13th century 1. the vault or arch of the sky ; heavens 2. obsolete basis 3. the field or sphere of an interest or activity the international fashion ~ • ~al adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. The firmament is the sky or heaven. (LITERARY) There are no stars in the firmament. N-SING: the N 2. If you talk about the firmament in a particular organization or field of activity, you mean the top of it. He was rich, and a rising star in the political firmament. N-SING: the N, usu with supp ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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- c.1250, from L. firmamentum "firmament," lit. "a support or strengthening," from firmus "firm," used in Vulgate to translate Gk. stereoma "firm or solid structure," which translated a Heb. word used of both the vault of the sky and the floor of the earth in the O.T. Apparently the O.T. writers believed the sky to be solid, like the ground. Or, if the Bible is infallible, the sky really is solid like the ground. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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