spherical
Shaped as a sphere; being a sphere.
Other meanings
Of, or pertaining to, spheres.
Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and two angles.
Related words
- semispherical
- conospherical
- aspherical
- biospherical
- bispherical
- conicospherical
- demispherical
- extraspherical
- fluorospherical
- hemispherical
- hyperspherical
- intraspherical
Word history
From Ancient Greek "σφαιρικός".
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