spheric

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Etymology[edit]

From sphere +‎ -ic.

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Adjective[edit]

spheric (comparative more spheric, superlative most spheric)

  1. Spherical.
  2. Of or relating to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set.
    • 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Second Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, [], published 1857, →OCLC:
      Though the stars were suns, and overburned / Their spheric limitations.

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Noun[edit]

spheric (plural spherics)

  1. Alternative form of sferic

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