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3 definitions for Spherical From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus,
Gr. ???: cf. F. sph['e]rique.]
1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular;
orbicular; as, a spherical body.
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2. Of or pertaining to a sphere.
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3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or
spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and
astrology, they were set.
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Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical
predominance. --Shak.
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Though the stars were suns, and overburned
Their spheric limitations. --Mrs.
Browning.
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Spherical angle, Spherical coordinate, Spherical
excess, etc. See under Angle, Coordinate, etc.
Spherical geometry, that branch of geometry which treats of
spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere,
especially of the circles described on its surface.
Spherical harmonic analysis. See under Harmonic, a.
Spherical lune,portion of the surface of a sphere included
between two great semicircles having a common diameter.
Spherical opening, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is
measured by the portion within the solid angle of the
surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point.
Spherical polygon,portion of the surface of a sphere
bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles.
Spherical projection, the projection of the circles of the
sphere upon a plane. See Projection.
Spherical sector. See under Sector.
Spherical segment, the segment of a sphere. See under
Segment.
Spherical triangle,re on the surface of a sphere, bounded
by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each
other.
Spherical trigonometry. See Trigonometry.
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Spher"ic*al*ness, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
spherical
adj 1: of or relating to spheres or resembling a sphere; "spherical
geometry" [ant: nonspherical]
2: having the shape of a sphere or ball; "a spherical object";
"nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like
mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey [syn: ball-shaped, global,
globose, globular, orbicular, spheric]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "spherical":
3-D, bulblike, bulbous, cubic, dimensional, ellipsoid, flat,
fourth-dimensional, global, globate, globe-shaped, globed,
globelike, globoid, globose, globular, hemispheric, obovoid, orb,
orbed, orbic, orbicular, orbiculate, orblike, orby, ovoid,
proportional, round, space, space-time, spatial, spatiotemporal,
sphere-shaped, spherelike, spheric, spheriform, spheroid,
spheroidal, stereoscopic, superficial, surface, three-dimensional,
two-dimensional, volumetric
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