About The Word Globular
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Globular
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What's The Definition Of Globular?
[adj] having the shape of a sphere or ball; "a spherical object"; "nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey
Synonyms | Synonyms for Globular: ball-shaped | circular | global | globose | orbicular | round | spheric | spherical Related Terms | Find terms related to Globular: bulblike | bulbous | ellipsoid | global | globate | globed | globelike | globe-shaped | globoid | globose | hemispheric | obovoid | orb | orbed | orbic | orbicular | orbiculate | orblike | orby | ovoid | spherelike | sphere-shaped | spheric | spheriform | spheroid See Also | Globular In Webster's Dictionary \Glob"u*lar\, a. [Cf. F. globulaire.]
Globe-shaped; having the form of a ball or sphere; spherical,
or nearly so; as, globular atoms. --Milton.
{Globular chart}, a chart of the earth's surface constructed
on the principles of the globular projection.
{Globular projection} (Map Projection), a perspective
projection of the surface of a hemisphere upon a plane
parallel to the base of the hemisphere, the point of sight
being taken in the axis produced beyond the surface of the
opposite hemisphere a distance equal to the radius of the
sphere into the sine of 45[deg].
{Globular sailing}, sailing on the arc of a great circle, or
so as to make the shortest distance between two places;
circular sailing.
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