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noun
The quality of being spherical, being a sphere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The ratio of the surface area of a given particle to the surface area of a sphere with the same volume.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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noun
the roundness of a 3-dimensional object
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sphericalness, globosity, globularness, rotundity, rotundness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: roundness
History
From spheric + -ity. In the geometrical sense, defined by the geologist Hakon Wadell in 1935.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
