globular

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French globulaire

Pronunciation

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Adjective

globular (comparative more globular, superlative most globular)

Roughly spherical in shape.
- 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
  Globular lights, painted a dark green, hang from under the fancy iron eaves, unlit for centuries...
Comprising globules.

Related terms

Translations

roughly spherical

Bulgarian: сферичен (bg) (sferičen), кълбовиден (bg) (kǎlboviden)
French: globulaire (fr)
Kurdish: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
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Latin: globōsus
Maori: kōpio
Portuguese: globular, globuloso

Noun

globular (plural globulars)

(astronomy) A globular cluster

Portuguese

Adjective

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spherical; globular

Synonyms

esférico

Spanish

Adjective

globular m or f (masculine and feminine plural globulares)

globular

Related terms

glóbulo

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