'Spherical' definitions:
Definition of 'spherical'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or relating to spheres or resembling a sphere; "spherical geometry" [ant: nonspherical]
adjective
Definition of 'Spherical'
From: GCIDE
- Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus, Gr. ???: cf. F. sph['e]rique.]
- 1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Of or pertaining to a sphere. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set. [1913 Webster]
- Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their spheric limitations. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster]
- Spherical angle, Spherical coordinate, {Spherical excess}, etc. See under Angle, Coordinate, etc.
- Spherical geometry, that branch of geometry which treats of spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere, especially of the circles described on its surface.
- Spherical harmonic analysis. See under Harmonic, a.
- Spherical lune,portion of the surface of a sphere included between two great semicircles having a common diameter.
- Spherical opening, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is measured by the portion within the solid angle of the surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point.
- Spherical polygon,portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles.
- Spherical projection, the projection of the circles of the sphere upon a plane. See Projection.
- Spherical sector. See under Sector.
- Spherical segment, the segment of a sphere. See under Segment.
- Spherical triangle,re on the surface of a sphere, bounded by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each other.
- Spherical trigonometry. See Trigonometry. [1913 Webster] -- {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'spherical'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 3-D,
- bulblike,
- bulbous,
- cubic,
- dimensional,
- ellipsoid,
- flat,
- fourth-dimensional,
- global,
- globate,
- globe-shaped,
- globed,
- globelike,
- globoid,
- globose,
- globular,
- hemispheric,
- obovoid,
- orb,
- orbed,
- orbic,
- orbicular,
- orbiculate,
- orblike,
- orby,
- ovoid,
- proportional,
- round,
- space,
- space-time,
- spatial,
- spatiotemporal,
- sphere-shaped,
- spherelike,
- spheric,
- spheriform,
- spheroid,
- spheroidal,
- stereoscopic,
- superficial,
- surface,
- three-dimensional,
- two-dimensional,
- volumetric
Words containing 'Spherical'
- Spheric,
- Spherically,
- Sphericalness,
- Sphericity,
- Spherics,
- Spherical angle,
- Spherical coordinate,
- Spherical coordinates,
- Spherical excess,
- Spherical geometry,
- Spherical lune,
- Spherical opening,
- Spherical polygon,
- Spherical projection,
- Spherical sector,
- Spherical segment,
- Spherical triangle,
- Spherical trigonometry,
- Spherical ungula,
- Spherical wedge,
- spherical aberration,
- Polar spherical triangle,
- Spherical harmonic analysis