globular
or glob·u·lous
globe-shaped; spherical.
composed of or having globules.
worldwide; global.
Origin of globular
1Other words from globular
- glob·u·lar·i·ty, glob·u·lar·ness, noun
- glob·u·lar·ly, adverb
- in·ter·glob·u·lar, adjective
- non·glob·u·lar, adjective
- non·glob·u·lar·ly, adverb
- sub·glob·u·lar, adjective
- sub·glob·u·lar·ly, adverb
- sub·glob·u·lar·i·ty, noun
- un·glob·u·lar, adjective
- un·glob·u·lar·ly, adverb
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How to use globular in a sentence
Diederik Kruijssen, an astronomer at Heidelberg University in Germany, used galaxy simulations to train a neural network to scrutinize globular clusters.
“It was completely unexpected that we would find a globular cluster that is so metal poor,” says astronomer Søren Larsen of Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
A spherical star cluster has surprisingly few heavy elements | Lisa Grossman | October 15, 2020 | Science NewsNamed RBC EXT8, this globular cluster is also surprisingly massive, challenging theories for how such clusters and some galaxies form, astronomers report online October 15 in Science.
A spherical star cluster has surprisingly few heavy elements | Lisa Grossman | October 15, 2020 | Science NewsLess massive globular clusters dissolve into their host galaxies over time.
A spherical star cluster has surprisingly few heavy elements | Lisa Grossman | October 15, 2020 | Science NewsHe had a spare hour before the globular clusters in galaxy M33 that his team was planning to look at rose above the horizon, so the observers picked another cluster “more or less at random” to fill the time.
A spherical star cluster has surprisingly few heavy elements | Lisa Grossman | October 15, 2020 | Science News
These globular masses usually contain many tubercle bacilli.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThe fact that the earth was globular in form was understood by the Greek men of science.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate ShalerTo pass at once from a very simple to a very complex example: I affirm that the earth is globular.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive | John Stuart MillI dont believe he is a man at all, but just a globular mass of conceit and unpublished matter, swathed in a college gown.
The Romance of His Life | Mary CholmondeleyThere is a rotund, porpoise-shaped globular gentleman known of these parts as 'Bim the Button Man.'
The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for globular
globulous
/ (ˈɡlɒbjʊlə) /
shaped like a globe or globule
having or consisting of globules
Derived forms of globular
- globularity (ˌɡlɒbjʊˈlærɪtɪ) or globularness, noun
- globularly, adverb
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