spherical

Speech parts

1. spherical - Adjective

2. spherical - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Alt. of Spheric

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

globular globose orbicular ball-shaped round rounded spheroid spheric global spheroidal globe-shaped orb-shaped sphere-shaped orb-like oval
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Antonyms

nonspherical square flat hollow concave sunken
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Phrases with the word

not spherical figure part-spherical spherical valve spherical polyhedron spherical solid spherical bearing

Anagrams

clipshear

Examples

The attitude of the Church was not as dogmatic as is often assumed. Interpretations of Bible passages had been revised in the light of scientific research before. Everyone regarded the earth as spherical and as freely floating in space though the Bible tells a different story. Paul Karl Feyerabend

Tactility is the space of the interval; acoustic space is spherical and resonant. Marshall McLuhan

First of all, we must note that the universe is spherical. Nicolaus Copernicus

We regard it as a certainty that the earth, enclosed between poles, is bounded by a spherical surface. Nicolaus Copernicus

If the definition of simultaneity is given from a moving system, the spherical surface will result when Einstein's definition with є = 1/2 is used, since it is this definition which makes the velocity of light equal in all directions. Hans Reichenbach

When spherical bodies can unite and embrace, then there will be friendship amongst the avaricious. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

sphereless spherelike spheric spherical aberration spherical angle spherical bearing