spherical
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4.2
- adjective
- /ˈsfɪrɪkəl/
:
esférico
- In her art class, she created a spherical sculpture that resembled a globe.
- spherical shape
- spherical aberration
- spherical implant
So people have known that the Earth is spherical for thousands of years.
- So people have known that the Earth is spherical for thousands of years.
- But you're hitting a spherical object with a round bat.
- My head is roughly, well, it's not really spherical, it's elliptical, right?
- But this one is opaque and it's nice and spherical.
- So what you do in the end is think you, what you have is a spherical assembly of this fuel like a ball.
- Now interestingly, if you took the Earth, you know the Earth is not perfectly spherical.
- It's round, or spherical, or blade spheroid, or however you want to describe it.
- Picture me out in space with my spherical cow next to me.
Examples
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So the bat one has a bit of a rough texture and then the spherical one has a glossy texture.
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Both galaxies are surrounded by a nearly spherical and extremely extended system of globular clusters.
Academic text (1993) -
So people have known that the Earth is spherical for thousands of years.
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I just need one spherical test subject.
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The live ones are spherical.
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It's amazing the way they can get the egg to form this perfect spherical shape to match the muffin, you know?
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The specimen was 3 x 2.5 x 1 cm in size, brown-tan, spherical, and soft.
Academic text (1995) -
It is a small spherical device, 2.7 inches in diameter.
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The soccer ball is perfectly spherical, making it easy to kick in any direction.
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The scientist demonstrated how the planet's spherical shape affects gravity.
Synonyms
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1.0
Having the shape of a circle or sphere
11
6.3
Shaped like a round ball
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2.3
Shaped like a ball or nearly round
1
7.6
Having the shape of a ball or an egg and almost round
1
8.7
Round and shaped like a ball
Shaped like a ball
Shaped like a ball
Having the shape of a round ball
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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9.5
Light through the edge of a round lens or mirror focuses at different points, making the image blurred
- Jargon
A very simple model that ignores real details to explain something, often as a joke
- Specialized
Study of points, lines, and shapes on the surface of a sphere, like the Earth
- Specialized
A shape on the surface of a ball made by curved lines from large circles
- Specialized
Math that studies triangles on a round surface like the Earth
How Spherical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Spherical comes from the old Greek word sphaira, meaning 'ball', and is the same root as sphere. So something spherical is round like a ball, which is why we use the word for objects that look like a ball.