Synonyms

globoid

American

[gloh-boid] / ˈgloʊ bɔɪd /

adjective

approximately globular.

noun

a globoid figure or body.

globoid British

/ ˈɡləʊbɔɪd /

adjective

shaped approximately like a globe

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noun

a globoid body, such as any of those occurring in certain plant granules

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Other Word Forms

subgloboid

adjective

Etymology

Origin of globoid

First recorded in 1870–75; globe + -oid

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When he taught geometry, Ms. Roberts reports, he pulled up his shirt and used his own globoid belly to illustrate the mathematical notion of curvature.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2015

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