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Spherical Very Common

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Spherical has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

of or relating to spheres or resembling a sphere

"spherical geometry"

2

having the shape of a sphere or ball

"a spherical object"

"nearly orbicular in shape"

"little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"

3

Shaped like a sphere.

"The children spent their afternoon rolling down the hill on their new spherical balls."

Example Sentences
"spherical geometry" adjective
"a spherical object" adjective
"nearly orbicular in shape" adjective
"little globular houses like mud-wasp nests" adjective
Related Terms
ball oort cloud thyrosphere elliptization spherophakia spectrosome spherical cone perispherical lydion yolk round bottomed flask staphylococcus location meroplasmodium micrococcus spheral sphery metasurface microspherophakia cap
Antonyms
nonspherical
Rhyming Words
cal ical kcal fecal jacal bocal decal mucal focal local cocal ducal cecal tical vocal socal mescal plical fiscal laical
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