spherical
adjective
having the form of a sphere; globular.
spherically
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a word derived from
spherical.
Example Sentences
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"Scientists usually assume that the interiors of planetary bodies are generally spherically symmetric, but this is not necessarily true," Berne says.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Furthermore, the authors found scutoids in the spherically curved surface layers of zebrafish embryos where none would be predicted.
From Nature ● Sep. 9, 2018
According to the Standard Model, an electron’s charge is spherically distributed.
From Economist ● Jan. 11, 2018
Somewhat later, the remaining outer layers were ejected but not in a spherically symmetric way.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
No doubt, the band was soon broken up into several portions, and one of these portions, predominating in mass, absorbed the others into itself; the whole settling, spherically, into a planet.
From Eureka: A Prose Poem by Edgar A. Poe
