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/ˈsfɛɹɪkəl/
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Shaped as a sphere; being a sphere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spheric, spheral, globular, orbicular, round
Antonyms: none provided
Of, or pertaining to, spheres.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and two angles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Of or relating to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
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Of a multivariate probability distribution, to have a covariance matrix equal to the identity matrix up to a multiplicative factor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
Examples
a spherical Gaussian distribution
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
of or relating to spheres or resembling a sphere
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: nonspherical
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
having the shape of a sphere or ball- Zane Grey
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a spherical object nearly orbicular in shape little globular houses like mud-wasp nests
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ball-shaped, global, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric
Antonyms: none provided
English spheric [from Latin sphaericus, from Ancient Greek σφαιρικός (sphairikós)] + -al.
Across languages
Translations
78 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
كُرَوِيّ
(kurawiyy)
— shaped like a sphere
Armenian :
գնդաձեւ
(gndajew)
— shaped like a sphere
Assamese :
ঘূৰণীয়া
(ghuronia)
— shaped like a sphere
Assamese :
গোল
(gül)
— shaped like a sphere
Assamese :
টুপুৰা
(tupura)
— shaped like a sphere
Asturian :
esféricu
— shaped like a sphere
Bulgarian :
сферичен
(sferičen)
— shaped like a sphere
Bulgarian :
кълбовиден
(kǎlboviden)
— shaped like a sphere
Burmese :
လုံး
(lum:)
— shaped like a sphere
Catalan :
esfèric
— shaped like a sphere
Chinese Mandarin :
球形的
(qiúxíng de)
— shaped like a sphere
Chinese Mandarin :
球面的
(qiúmiàn de)
— shaped like a sphere
Czech :
kulovitý
— shaped like a sphere
Danish :
sfærisk
— shaped like a sphere
Dutch :
bolvormig
— shaped like a sphere
Esperanto :
sfereca
— shaped like a sphere
Estonian :
sfääriline
— shaped like a sphere
Finnish :
pallomainen
— shaped like a sphere
Finnish :
pyöreä
— shaped like a sphere
French :
sphérique
— shaped like a sphere
Galician :
esférico
— shaped like a sphere
Georgian :
სფერული
(speruli)
— shaped like a sphere
German :
kugelförmig
— shaped like a sphere
German :
sphärisch
— shaped like a sphere
German :
kugelig
— shaped like a sphere
Greek :
σφαιρικός
(sfairikós)
— shaped like a sphere
Hindi :
वलयाकार
(valyākār)
— shaped like a sphere
Hindi :
गोलाकार
(golākār)
— shaped like a sphere
Hungarian :
gömbölyű
— shaped like a sphere
Indonesian :
bulat
— shaped like a sphere
Irish :
sféarúil
— shaped like a sphere
Italian :
sferico
— shaped like a sphere
Latin :
globōsus
— shaped like a sphere
Latin :
sphaericus
— shaped like a sphere
Norwegian Bokmål :
sfærisk
— shaped like a sphere
Norwegian Nynorsk :
sfærisk
— shaped like a sphere
Occitan :
esferic
— shaped like a sphere
Pashto :
غونډ
(ǧunḍ)
— shaped like a sphere
Plautdietsch :
runt
— shaped like a sphere
Polish :
sferyczny
— shaped like a sphere
Polish :
kulisty
— shaped like a sphere
Portuguese :
esférico
— shaped like a sphere
Romanian :
sferic
— shaped like a sphere
Russian :
сфери́ческий
(sferíčeskij)
— shaped like a sphere
Scots :
spherical
— shaped like a sphere
Spanish :
esférico
— shaped like a sphere
Sundanese :
buleud
— shaped like a sphere
Swedish :
sfärisk
— shaped like a sphere
Swedish :
klotformad
— shaped like a sphere
Tagalog :
timbulugin
— shaped like a sphere
Tagalog :
timbulog
— shaped like a sphere
Ottoman Turkish :
یومرو
(yumru)
— shaped like a sphere
Ottoman Turkish :
طوپاق
(topak)
— shaped like a sphere
Ukrainian :
сфери́чний
(sferýčnyj)
— shaped like a sphere
Ukrainian :
куля́стий
(kuljástyj)
— shaped like a sphere
Asturian :
esféricu
— of or relating to a sphere or spheres
Catalan :
esfèric
— of or relating to a sphere or spheres
Chinese Mandarin :
球形的
(qiúxíng de)
— of or relating to a sphere or spheres
Chinese Mandarin :
球面的
(qiúmiàn de)
— of or relating to a sphere or spheres
Danish :
sfærisk
— of or relating to a sphere or spheres
Esperanto :
sfera
— of or relating to a sphere or spheres
Finnish :
pallo (pallo-)
— of or relating to a sphere or spheres
French :
sphérique
— of or relating to a sphere or spheres
Galician :
esférico
— of or relating to a sphere or spheres
German :
kugelförmig
— of or relating to a sphere or spheres
Greek :
σφαιρικός
(sfairikós)
— of or relating to a sphere or spheres
Italian :
sferico
— of or relating to a sphere or spheres
Kazakh :
домалақ
(domalaq)
— of or relating to a sphere or spheres
Norwegian Bokmål :
sfærisk
— of or relating to a sphere or spheres
Norwegian Nynorsk :
sfærisk
— of or relating to a sphere or spheres
Pashto :
غونډ
(ǧunḍ)
— of or relating to a sphere or spheres
Polish :
sferyczny
— of or relating to a sphere or spheres
Portuguese :
esférico
— of or relating to a sphere or spheres
Russian :
сфери́ческий
(sferíčeskij)
— of or relating to a sphere or spheres
Spanish :
esférico
— of or relating to a sphere or spheres
Tagalog :
timbulugin
— of or relating to a sphere or spheres
Tagalog :
timbulog
— of or relating to a sphere or spheres
Ukrainian :
сфери́чний
(sferýčnyj)
— of or relating to a sphere or spheres