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SPHERIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having the shape of a sphere or ball

Example:

little globular houses like mud-wasp nests

Synonyms:

ball-shaped; global; globose; globular; orbicular; spheric; spherical

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Adjectives

Similar:

circular; round (having the shape or form of a circle)

Derivation:

sphere (any spherically shaped artifact)

sphere (a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center)

sphere (a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses))

sphericity (the roundness of a 3-dimensional object)

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