Spherical
['sferɪk(ə)l] or ['sfɪərɪkəl]
Definition
(adj.) of or relating to spheres or resembling a sphere; 'spherical geometry' .
Editor: Paula--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Alt. of Spheric
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Globular, orbicular, globated, globous, globose, rotund, round.
Edited by Lenore
Examples
- Consequently the earth is not only spherical but also no t large; otherwise this phenomenon would not present itself on so limited a change of position on the part of the observer. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- But even in antiquity the spherical form of the earth began to be suspected. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- First as to the boiler: Efforts were made first to get away from the little old spherical boiler of Hero. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- These latter cells are nearly spherical and of nearly equal sizes, and are aggregated into an irregular mass. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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