spherical

English

Alternative forms

• sphærical (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin sphericus, from Ancient Greek σφαιρικός +‎ -al

Adjective

spherical (comparative more spherical, superlative most spherical)

1. (geometry) shaped like a sphere
2. (geometry) (no comparative or superlative) of, or pertaining to, spheres
3. (mathematics) of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and two angles
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.
   • 1606: Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 1, Scene 2

     Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance.

Synonyms

• (shaped like a sphere): globular, orbicular, round

Derived terms

spherical aberration spherical angle spherical cap spherical distance spherical geometry sphericality spherical lune

spherical sector spherical segment spherical triangle spherical trigonometry spherical wedge sphericity

Translations

shaped like a sphere

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Asturian: esféricu (ast)
• Burmese: လုံး (my) (lon:)
• Catalan: esfèric (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 球形的 (cmn) (qiúxíng de), 球面的 (cmn) (qiúmiàn de)

• Czech: kulovitý (cs) m
• Dutch: bolvormig (nl)
• Esperanto: sfereca (eo)
• Estonian: sfääriline (et)
• Finnish: pallomainen (fi), pyöreä (fi)
• French: sphérique (fr) m and f

• Galician: esférico (gl)
• German: kugelförmig (de), sphärisch (de)
• Greek: σφαιρικός (el) (sfairikós)
• Irish: sféarúil (ga)
• Italian: sferico (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Pashto: غونډ (ps) (ǧunḍ)
• Portuguese: esférico (pt)
• Romanian: sferic (ro)
• Russian: сферический (ru) (sferíčeskij)
• Spanish: esférico (es)
• Swedish: sfärisk (sv)

of or relating to a sphere or spheres

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Asturian: esféricu (ast)
• Catalan: esfèric (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 球形的 (cmn) (qiúxíng de), 球面的 (cmn) (qiúmiàn de)

• Esperanto: sfera (eo)
• Finnish: pallo-
• French: sphérique (fr) m and f

• German: kugelförmig (de)
• Greek: σφαιρικός
• Italian: sferico (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Pashto: غونډ (ps) (ǧunḍ)
• Portuguese: esférico (pt)
• Russian: сферический (ru) (sferíčeskij)
• Spanish: esférico (es)

External links

• spherical in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• spherical in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• spherical at OneLook Dictionary Search