sphere of influence

Sphere of influence — A sphere of influence (SOI) is an area or region over which an organization or state exerts some kind of indirect cultural, economic, military or political domination. Also, in some areas of habitation, shopping or retail outlets or indeed… …   Wikipedia

sphere of influence — Date: 1885 a territorial area within which the political influence or the interests of one nation are held to be more or less paramount …   New Collegiate Dictionary

sphere of influence — сфера влияния …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

Influence — may refer to: *, an episode of the American drama TV series *A type of electrostatic generator *Social influence, in interpersonal relationships *Minority influence, when the minority affect the behavior or beliefs of the majority *Undue… …   Wikipedia

Sphere (disambiguation) — A sphere is an object shaped like the surface of a ball, but can be used to refer to a ball shaped object, as well as a sphere like or annular region or shell. Additionally, it has several metaphorical uses.In mathematics: * Sphere, the set of… …   Wikipedia

sphere — sfɪə 1. сущ. 1) сфера; шар 2) а) планета; небесное светило б) модель планеты глобус 3) а) поэт. небеса, небо б) небесная сфера (тж. celestial sphere) 4) в переносном смысле сфе …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

Sphere of influence (astrodynamics) — A sphere of influence (SOI) in astrodynamics and astronomy is the spherical region around a celestial body where the primary gravitational influence on an orbiting object is that body. This is usually used to describe the areas in our solar… …   Wikipedia

sphere — I. noun Etymology: Middle English spere globe, celestial sphere, from Anglo French espere, from Latin sphaera, from Greek sphaira, literally, ball; perhaps akin to Greek spairein to quiver more at spurn Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) the apparent… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation — ( de. An den christlichen Adel deutscher Nation) is the first of three tracts written by Martin Luther in 1520. In this work, he defined for the first time the signature doctrines of the Priesthood of all believers and the two kingdoms.HistoryThe …   Wikipedia

Sviatoslav I of Kiev — (Old East Slavic: С тославъ (Свąтославъ) [E.g. in the Primary Chronicle under year 970 http://litopys.org.ua/ipatlet/ipat04.htm ] Игорєвичь ( Sventoslavŭ Igorevichǐ ), Russian: ru. Святослав Игоревич, Ukrainian: uk. Святослав Ігорович, Bulgarian …   Wikipedia