spheric

6.2

Shaped like a ball

adjective
/ˈsfɛrɪk/

: esférico

The artist created a stunning sculpture that captures the beauty of a spheric shape.

Examples

During the experiment, they observed how a spheric object behaved differently in water.
Namely, for proper understanding of the figure in Japanese culture, proper recognition of some of the extra-spheric weltanschauungen as ground is necessary.

Academic text (1990)
They reach the area in front of the spheric colliculus or optic tecum in most animals.
The planet Earth is not perfectly spheric, but rather slightly flattened at the poles.

Synonyms

spherical

vsspheric

18 4.2

Round like a ball

is the same meaning but presented in a different word form

globular

vsspheric

11 6.3

Shaped like a round ball

is the general technical idea of exact round three dimensional shape

ball-shaped

vsspheric

1 2.3

Shaped like a ball or nearly round

is stricter about exact three dimensional roundness rather than near roundness

spheroidal

vsspheric

1 7.6

Having the shape of a ball or an egg and almost round

is specifically about perfectly round three dimensional shape rather than stretched forms

globose

vsspheric

8.9

Shaped like a ball

is about strict full round shape rather than allowing near roundness

globelike

vsspheric

4.1

Having the shape of a round ball

is used when real three dimensional roundness is actually present

How Spherical

spheric

6.2

rounded

1 2.4

curved

6 1.0

flat

797 1.0

Surface Forms

spheric positive

Morphology

spheric = sphere (transparent) = sphere + ic

The adjective is a straightforward derivation from 'sphere' with the standard adjectival suffix '-ic', so its meaning 'having the shape of a sphere' is directly predictable.

Etymology

The word spheric comes from the Greek word sphaira, which means 'ball' or 'sphere'. Think of a globe or a baseball: spheric describes something that is 'ball-shaped', the same idea as the word sphere.