Shape of the Earth may refer to:
- Figure of the Earth, scientific measurement of the Earth's shape.
- Flat Earth, a model of the Earth as a flat plane or disk.
- Spherical Earth, a model of the Earth as a sphere or oblate spheroid.
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“A Shape all light, which with one hand did fling
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And the invisible rain did ever sing
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—Bible: New Testament, Luke 2:13,14.