globular

American  

[glob-yuh-ler] / ˈglɒb yə lər /

Or globulous

adjective

1. globe-shaped; spherical.

2. composed of or having globules.

3. worldwide; global.

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globular British  

/ ˈɡlɒbjʊlə, ˌɡlɒbjʊˈlærɪtɪ /

adjective

1. shaped like a globe or globule

2. having or consisting of globules

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Other Word Forms

• globularity noun
• globularly adverb
• globularness noun
• interglobular adjective
• nonglobular adjective
• nonglobularly adverb
• subglobular adjective
• subglobularity noun
• subglobularly adverb
• unglobular adjective
• unglobularly adverb

Etymology

Origin of globular

1650–60; < Latin globul ( us ) globule + -ar ¹

Example Sentences

Another was Cyttaria dawinii, a small globular parasitic fungus collected by Charles Darwin in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago in South America during the HMS Beagle voyage between 1831 and 1836.

From BBC • May 18, 2025

Sporting globular dark eyes and fuzzy, caramel-colored fur, the baby ochi — a physical puppet that has been likened to a Gremlin and Baby Yoda — is quite cute.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025

Scrawls of crude graffiti or quickly penciled notes left by workmen emulate the tendril-like lines dragged through Wool’s globular masses of spray paint.

From New York Times • May 2, 2024

These grains, colored green in the image, are identifiable as relatively large globular structures approximately 8 micrometers in diameter.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2024

Not far outside the Galaxy there are almost certainly planets, orbiting stars in the Magellanic Clouds and in the globular clusters that surround the Milky Way.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan