globular

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English

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Etymology

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From French globulaire or Medieval Latin globulāris.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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globular (comparative more globular, superlative most globular)

  1. Roughly spherical in shape; globe-shaped.
    • 1906 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “A Cosmopolite in a Café”, in The Four Million, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co, →OCLC, page 33:
      "Nary a spot," interrupted E. R. Coglan, flippantly. "The terrestrial, globular, planetary hunk of matter, slightly flattened at the poles, and known as the Earth, is my abode. []"
    • 1938, Norman Lindsay, chapter XV, in Age of Consent, London: T[homas] Werner Laurie [], →OCLC, page 152:
      Podson's globular stare assured any woman that the bargain was sacred. It was solemn, intent, opaque; it was also slightly mesmeric, which is to say that it gave out everything and took in nothing.
    • 1973, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 1, in Gravity's Rainbow, 1st US edition, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, part 1: Beyond the Zero, page 4:
      Globular lights, painted a dark green, hang from under the fancy iron eaves, unlit for centuries . . .
  2. Comprising globules.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Noun

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globular (plural globulars)

  1. (astronomy) A globular cluster

References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “globular (adj.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ globular, adj. and n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡlu.buˈlaɾ/ [ɡlu.βuˈlaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡlu.buˈla.ɾi/ [ɡlu.βuˈla.ɾi]

Adjective

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globular m or f (plural globulares)

  1. spherical; globular
    Synonym: esférico

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French globulaire.

Adjective

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globular m or n (feminine singular globulară, masculine plural globulari, feminine and neuter plural globulare)

  1. globular

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡlobuˈlaɾ/ [ɡlo.β̞uˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: glo‧bu‧lar

Adjective

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globular m or f (masculine and feminine plural globulares)

  1. globular
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