"globular" meaning in English

See globular in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡlɑb.jə.lɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-globular.wav Forms: more globular [comparative], most globular [superlative]
Etymology: From French globulaire or Medieval Latin globulāris. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|globulaire}} French globulaire, {{bor|en|ML.|globulāris}} Medieval Latin globulāris Head templates: {{en-adj}} globular (comparative more globular, superlative most globular)
  1. Roughly spherical in shape; globe-shaped. Translations (roughly spherical): գնդաձեւ (gndajew) (Armenian), বর্তুলাকার (bortulakar) (Bengali), сферичен (sferičen) (Bulgarian), кълбовиден (kǎlboviden) (Bulgarian), globular (Catalan), globulaire (French), globōsus (Latin), kōpio (Maori), gogî (Northern Kurdish), یومرو (yumru) (Ottoman Turkish), طوپاق (topak) (Ottoman Turkish), globular (Portuguese), globuloso (Portuguese), klotformig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-globular-en-adj-rTajCwCu Disambiguation of 'roughly spherical': 100 0
  2. Comprising globules.
    Sense id: en-globular-en-adj-qNo8biAG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: globular lightning, globularly, globularness Related terms: globe, globose, globous, globule

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡlɑb.jə.lɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-globular.wav Forms: globulars [plural]
Etymology: From French globulaire or Medieval Latin globulāris. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|globulaire}} French globulaire, {{bor|en|ML.|globulāris}} Medieval Latin globulāris Head templates: {{en-noun}} globular (plural globulars)
  1. (astronomy) A globular cluster Categories (topical): Astronomy
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Inflected forms

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        "natural-sciences"
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}

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