Spherical

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Having the shape of a sphere; globular.
  • adjective. Having a shape approximating that of a sphere.
  • adjective. Of or relating to a sphere.
  • adjective. Of or relating to celestial bodies.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Bounded by or having the form of the surface of a sphere: as, a spherical body; a spherical surface; a spherical shell.
  • Pertaining or relating to a sphere or spheres, or to sphericity: as, a spherical segment or section; spherical trigonometry.
  • Relating to the planets; planetary, in the astrological sense.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to a sphere.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set.
  • adjective. etc. See under Angle, Coordinate, etc.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. that branch of geometry which treats of spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere, especially of the circles described on its surface.
  • adjective. See under Harmonic, a.
  • adjective. portion of the surface of a sphere included between two great semicircles having a common diameter.
  • adjective. the magnitude of a solid angle. It is measured by the portion within the solid angle of the surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point.
  • adjective. portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles.
  • adjective. the projection of the circles of the sphere upon a plane. See Projection.
  • adjective. See under Sector.
  • adjective. the segment of a sphere. See under Segment.
  • adjective. re on the surface of a sphere, bounded by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each other.
  • adjective. See Trigonometry.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. shaped like a sphere
  • adjective. (no comparative or superlative) of, or pertaining to, spheres
  • adjective. Of or relating to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. of or relating to spheres or resembling a sphere
  • adjective. having the shape of a sphere or ball
  • Word Usage
    "If the planets seem to be spherical, is the universe spherical as well?"