globular

or glob·u·lous

[ glob-yuh-ler ]

/ ˈglɒb yə lər /

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adjective

globe-shaped; spherical.

composed of or having globules.

worldwide; global.

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Origin of globular

1650–60; <Latin globul(us) globule + -ar¹

OTHER WORDS FROM globular

glob·u·lar·i·ty, glob·u·lar·ness, nounglob·u·lar·ly, adverbin·ter·glob·u·lar, adjectivenon·glob·u·lar, adjective

non·glob·u·lar·ly, adverbsub·glob·u·lar, adjectivesub·glob·u·lar·ly, adverbsub·glob·u·lar·i·ty, nounun·glob·u·lar, adjectiveun·glob·u·lar·ly, adverb

Words nearby globular

globigerina ooze, globin, Globish, globoid, globose, globular, globular cluster, globule, globuliferous, globulin, globus

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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.
The New History of the Milky Way|Charlie Wood|December 15, 2020|Quanta Magazine
“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 News
Named 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 News
Less 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 News

He 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 Todd
The fact that the earth was globular in form was understood by the Greek men of science.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
To 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 Mill
I 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 Cholmondeley
There 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

globular

globulous

/ (ˈɡlɒbjʊlə) /

adjective

shaped like a globe or globule

having or consisting of globules

Derived forms of globular

globularity (ˌɡlɒbjʊˈlærɪtɪ) or globularness, nounglobularly, adverb

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globular

or glob·u·lous

Origin of globular

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How to use globular in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for globular

globulous

Derived forms of globular