"spherical" meaning in English

See spherical in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /sfɛɹɪkəl/, /sfiːɹɪkəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-spherical.wav Forms: more spherical [comparative], most spherical [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛɹɪkəl Etymology: English spheric [from Latin sphaericus, from Ancient Greek σφαιρικός (sphairikós)] + -al. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|sphaericus}} Latin sphaericus, {{der|en|grc|σφαιρικός}} Ancient Greek σφαιρικός (sphairikós), {{suf|en||al}} + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} spherical (comparative more spherical, superlative most spherical)
  1. (geometry) Shaped like a sphere. Categories (topical): Geometry Synonyms: globular, orbicular, round Translations (of or relating to a sphere or spheres): esféricu (Asturian), esfèric (Catalan), 球形的 (qiúxíng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 球面的 (qiúmiàn de) (Chinese Mandarin), sfærisk (Danish), sfera (Esperanto), pallo (pallo-) (Finnish), sphérique (French), esférico [masculine] (Galician), kugelförmig (German), σφαιρικός (sfairikós) (Greek), sferico (Italian), sfærisk (Norwegian Bokmål), sfærisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), غونډ (ǧunḍ) (Pashto), sferyczny (Polish), esférico (Portuguese), сфери́ческий (sferíčeskij) (Russian), esférico (Spanish), timbulugin (Tagalog), timbulog (Tagalog), сфери́чний (sferýčnyj) (Ukrainian) Translations (shaped like a sphere): كُرَوِيّ (kurawiyy) (Arabic), գնդաձեւ (gndajew) (Armenian), ঘূৰণীয়া (ghuronia) (Assamese), গোল (gül) (Assamese), টুপুৰা (tupura) (Assamese), esféricu (Asturian), сферичен (sferičen) (Bulgarian), кълбовиден (kǎlboviden) (Bulgarian), လုံး (lum:) (Burmese), esfèric (Catalan), 球形的 (qiúxíng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 球面的 (qiúmiàn de) (Chinese Mandarin), kulovitý (Czech), sfærisk (Danish), bolvormig (Dutch), sfereca (Esperanto), sfääriline (Estonian), pallomainen (Finnish), pyöreä (Finnish), sphérique (French), esférico (Galician), სფერული (speruli) (Georgian), kugelförmig (German), sphärisch (German), kugelig (German), σφαιρικός (sfairikós) (Greek), gömbölyű (Hungarian), bulat (Indonesian), sféarúil (Irish), sferico (Italian), globōsus (Latin), sfærisk (Norwegian Bokmål), sfærisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), esferic (Occitan), یومرو (yumru) (Ottoman Turkish), طوپاق (topak) (Ottoman Turkish), غونډ (ǧunḍ) (Pashto), runt (Plautdietsch), sferyczny (Polish), kulisty (Polish), esférico (Portuguese), sferic (Romanian), сфери́ческий (sferíčeskij) (Russian), spherical (Scots), esférico (Spanish), buleud (Sundanese), sfärisk (Swedish), klotformad (Swedish), timbulugin (Tagalog), timbulog (Tagalog), сфери́чний (sferýčnyj) (Ukrainian), куля́стий (kuljástyj) (Ukrainian)
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  2. (geometry, not comparable) Of, or pertaining to, spheres. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Geometry
    Sense id: en-spherical-en-adj-pUJ3Gwc5 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
  3. (mathematics) Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and two angles. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-spherical-en-adj-rY0SL06N Topics: mathematics, sciences
  4. (astrology) Of or relating to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set. Categories (topical): Astrology
    Sense id: en-spherical-en-adj-z6wYVL5~ Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
  5. (statistics, econometrics) Of a multivariate probability distribution, to have a covariance matrix equal to the identity matrix up to a multiplicative factor. Categories (topical): Statistics
    Sense id: en-spherical-en-adj-3LUXqQKN Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
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Synonyms: sphærical [archaic]

Alternative forms

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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kurawiyy",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "كُرَوِيّ"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "gndajew",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "գնդաձեւ"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
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      "roman": "ghuronia",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "ঘূৰণীয়া"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
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      "roman": "gül",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "গোল"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "tupura",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "টুপুৰা"
    },
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "esféricu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sferičen",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "сферичен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kǎlboviden",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "кълбовиден"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "lum:",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "လုံး"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "esfèric"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiúxíng de",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "球形的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiúmiàn de",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "球面的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "kulovitý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "sfærisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "bolvormig"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "sfereca"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "sfääriline"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "pallomainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "pyöreä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "sphérique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "esférico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "speruli",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "სფერული"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "kugelförmig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "sphärisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "kugelig"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sfairikós",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "σφαιρικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "gömbölyű"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "bulat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "sféarúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "sferico"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "globōsus"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "sfærisk"
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "sfærisk"
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "esferic"
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "yumru",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "یومرو"
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "topak",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "طوپاق"
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      "code": "ps",
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      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "غونډ"
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      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "runt"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "sferyczny"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "kulisty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "esférico"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "sferic"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sferíčeskij",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "сфери́ческий"
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      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "spherical"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "esférico"
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      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "buleud"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "sfärisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "klotformad"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "timbulugin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "timbulog"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sferýčnyj",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "сфери́чний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kuljástyj",
      "sense": "shaped like a sphere",
      "word": "куля́стий"
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "of or relating to a sphere or spheres",
      "word": "esféricu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of or relating to a sphere or spheres",
      "word": "esfèric"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiúxíng de",
      "sense": "of or relating to a sphere or spheres",
      "word": "球形的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiúmiàn de",
      "sense": "of or relating to a sphere or spheres",
      "word": "球面的"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "of or relating to a sphere or spheres",
      "word": "sfærisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "of or relating to a sphere or spheres",
      "word": "sfera"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or relating to a sphere or spheres",
      "word": "pallo (pallo-)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or relating to a sphere or spheres",
      "word": "sphérique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "of or relating to a sphere or spheres",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esférico"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or relating to a sphere or spheres",
      "word": "kugelförmig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sfairikós",
      "sense": "of or relating to a sphere or spheres",
      "word": "σφαιρικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of or relating to a sphere or spheres",
      "word": "sferico"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "of or relating to a sphere or spheres",
      "word": "sfærisk"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "of or relating to a sphere or spheres",
      "word": "sfærisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "ǧunḍ",
      "sense": "of or relating to a sphere or spheres",
      "word": "غونډ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or relating to a sphere or spheres",
      "word": "sferyczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or relating to a sphere or spheres",
      "word": "esférico"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "of or relating to a sphere or spheres",
      "word": "сфери́ческий"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "of or relating to a sphere or spheres",
      "word": "esférico"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "of or relating to a sphere or spheres",
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    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "of or relating to a sphere or spheres",
      "word": "timbulog"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sferýčnyj",
      "sense": "of or relating to a sphere or spheres",
      "word": "сфери́чний"
    }
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}

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