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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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2. Of or pertaining to a sphere.
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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.
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Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical
predominance. --Shak.
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Though the stars were suns, and overburned
Their spheric limitations. --Mrs.
Browning.
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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.
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WordNet Spherical
adj 1: of or relating to spheres or resembling a sphere; "spherical
geometry" [ant: nonspherical]
2: having the shape of a sphere or ball; "a spherical object";
"nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like
mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey [syn: ball-shaped, global,
globose, globular, orbicular, spheric]

Moby Dictionary
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