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SPHERIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the shape of a sphere or ball
Example:
little globular houses like mud-wasp nests
Synonyms:
ball-shaped; global; globose; globular; orbicular; spheric; spherical
Classified under:
Similar:
circular; round (having the shape or form of a circle)
Derivation:
sphere (any spherically shaped artifact)
sphere (a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center)
sphere (a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses))
sphericity (the roundness of a 3-dimensional object)