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spherically

spherically

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In the shape of a ball
  • adverb
  • /ˈsfɪrɪkli/
translation icon : esféricamente
  • The artist created a sculpture that looked spherically balanced from every angle.
  • spherically symmetric

Examples

  • The aggregate is assumed to be spherical and the oxygen profile inside is spherically symmetric.

    Academic text (2018)
  • So why does it create a straight line of bubbles in one direction rather than a spherically symmetric array of bubbles?

    Blog text (30)
  • Similarly, sound waves in the atmosphere radiate spherically from a point source.

    Academic text (1995)
  • It is in the s-wave: its wave function is spherically symmetric, so it has the same chance to move in each direction.

    Blog text (30)
  • But the question is about the quantum state of the *observer* who observes the particle, which is a spherically symmetric superposition of observers each seeing a particle in one direction.

    Blog text (30)
  • The superposition of all possible rotations of the wavefunction is itself a spherically symmetric wavefunction in the singlet representation of the rotation group.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Simulations show high rates of accretion, and spherically symmetric models convincingly demonstrate that within 100 years, protostars will grow to have a solar mass confined to a region some hundreds of solar radii across.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The sound waves travel spherically from the speaker, filling the room evenly.

  • When viewed from a distance, the planet appears spherically shaped in the night sky.

Surface Forms

spherically positive

Morphology

spherically = spherical (transparent) = sphere + ical + ly

A regular adverb formed from the adjective 'spherical' by adding '-ly'; 'spherical' itself is transparently derived from 'sphere'.

Etymology

The word spherically comes from the Greek word sphaira, meaning 'ball' or 'globe', and the same root is in the common word sphere. So doing something spherically means doing it in a 'ball-like' or round way.