nonspherical
- adjective
- /nɒnˈsfɪrɪkəl/
:
no esférico
- Many aerosols are nonspherical, which can complicate climate modeling and predictions.
- nonspherical shape
Examples
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Ice particles, however, are in general nonspherical.
Academic text (1994) -
Accounting for the effect of the nonspherical shape on the transfer of shortwave and longwave radiation is an important problem in cloud-climate research.
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The smaller nonspherical particles produce a higher resistance to flow when collected on a filter.
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We see a clear indication of a nonspherical wavefront emanating from the point source.
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The formation of supersonic jets in the collapsing cores of massive stars is thought to trigger highly nonspherical type II supernova explosions.
Academic text (2006) -
Here we see several frames of a wavefront movie of silicon showing the arrival of a nearly spherical longitudinal wave, followed by the arrival of a nonspherical slow transverse wave.
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An asymmetric red-giant halo can focus the stellar winds into an hourglass shape, but how do planetaries themselves become nonspherical?
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As we have seen, the nonspherical shapes of the acoustic wavefronts are governed by the elastic anisotropies of the medium, which arise from direction-dependent bonds between atoms or synthetic layers.
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The scientist noted that the ice crystals were distinctly nonspherical, unlike typical spherical snowflakes.
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In the lab, researchers observed how nonspherical particles interacted differently with light than spherical ones.
Synonyms
A lens or mirror not perfectly round to make images clearer
A surface that is not perfectly round used for lenses or mirrors
Antonyms
How Spherical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nonspherical combines the prefix non- meaning 'not' and the word sphere meaning 'a ball'. So nonspherical means 'not ball-shaped', used for things that are not perfectly round.