English Explanatory Dictionary

spherical

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Shaped as a sphere; being a sphere.
Of, or pertaining to, spheres.
Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and two angles.
Of or relating to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set.
Of a multivariate probability distribution, to have a covariance matrix equal to the identity matrix up to a multiplicative factor.

Pronunciation

/ˈsfɛɹɪkəl/ /ˈsfiːɹɪkəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-spherical.wav

Word forms

spherical more spherical most spherical sphærical

Etymology

English spheric [from Latin sphaericus, from Ancient Greek σφαιρικός (sphairikós)] + -al.

Synonyms

Derived words

aspherical biospherical bispherical conicospherical conospherical demispherical extraspherical fluorospherical hemispherical hyperspherical intraspherical macrospherical microspherical monospherical nanospherical neurospherical nonspherical pentaspherical perispherical pseudospherical quasispherical semispherical spherical aberration spherical angle spherical cap spherical chicken spherical cone spherical coordinates spherical cow spherical curve spherical distance spherical excess spherical geometry spherical harmonics sphericality sphericalization spherical linear interpolation spherical lune spherically spherical mirror sphericalness spherical nucleic acid spherical sector spherical segment spherical triangle spherical trigonometry spherical wedge sphericity subspherical tetraspherical ultraspherical

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