Noun

(en noun)

Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.

the globe''' of the eye; the '''globe of a lamp

The planet Earth.

(John Locke)

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A spherical model of Earth or any planet.

(dated, or, Australia, South Africa) A light bulb.

* 1920 , Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific bulletin: volumes 9-10 (page 26)

Don't ask for a new globe just because the old one needs dusting. The old-style carbon lamps wasted electricity when they began to fade and it was economy to replace them.

A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.

* Milton

Him round / A globe of fiery seraphim enclosed.

Noun

(en noun)

A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance.

He put a glob of paint into the cup and went on painting.

(programming) A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression.

(biology) A millimeter-sized colour module found beyond the visual area V2 in the brain's parvocellular pathway.