globular
or glob·u·lous
[glob-yuh-ler]
- globe-shaped; spherical.
- composed of or having globules.
- worldwide; global.
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Origin of globular
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Related Words for globular
annular, arced, arched, arciform, bent, bowed, circular, curved, curvilinear, cylindrical, egg-shaped, elliptical, globoid, looped, oval, rotund, bulbous, coiled, discoid, domicalExamples from the Web for globular
Historical Examples of globular
It was as though the surface of this substance were globular.
Lords of the StratosphereArthur J. Burks
But so hypnotic quasi-reasons: that globular lumps of sandstone are common.
The Book of the DamnedCharles Fort
Modioliform: globular, truncated at both ends; like the hub of a wheel.
Explanation of Terms Used in EntomologyJohn. B. Smith
The globular shape, unharmed, dwindled in the distance behind us.
Wandl the InvaderRaymond King Cummings
It was a globular room, a hundred and fifty feet or more in diameter.
Wandl the InvaderRaymond King Cummings
globular
globulous
- shaped like a globe or globule
- having or consisting of globules
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Word Origin and History for globular
1650s, from French globulaire, from Latin globus (see globe).
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