as in circular
having every part of the surface the same distance from the center
the planet Earth is not, in fact, perfectly spherical
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Recent Examples of spherical
Cylindrical keycaps will have a U-shaped indentation with peaks on either side and a dip in the center, while spherical keycaps are going to be more bowl-like, with peaks on all four corners and a divot in the center.
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Henri Robbins, WIRED, 24 Mar. 2025
The Opportunity rover famously spotted a group of spherical formations in 2004.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Over five years, their telescope in the Chilean Andes snapped high-resolution photographs of 12% of the sky, creating the most extensive catalog of supernovas to date and locating the same spherical shells traced out by many millions of galaxies (albeit with less precision than DESI).
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 19 Mar. 2025
Just chillin' at the edge of the solar system
For context, the Oort cloud is a spherical shell of comets and icy bodies that exist out beyond the orbit of Neptune, which is located around 2.8 billion miles (4.5 billion kilometers) from the sun.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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Henri Robbins, WIRED, 24 Mar. 2025
The Opportunity rover famously spotted a group of spherical formations in 2004.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Over five years, their telescope in the Chilean Andes snapped high-resolution photographs of 12% of the sky, creating the most extensive catalog of supernovas to date and locating the same spherical shells traced out by many millions of galaxies (albeit with less precision than DESI).
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 19 Mar. 2025
Just chillin' at the edge of the solar system
For context, the Oort cloud is a spherical shell of comets and icy bodies that exist out beyond the orbit of Neptune, which is located around 2.8 billion miles (4.5 billion kilometers) from the sun.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spherical
Adjective
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The polar vortex is a gigantic, circular area of cold air high up in the atmosphere that typically spins over the North Pole (as its name suggests).—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2025
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The silhouette is true to a classic cardigan: slim-fit, boat neck, with small circular buttons.—
Amy Louise Bailey,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Apr. 2025
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Then it's cut into bars using long pieces of thread, and stacked in high cylindrical towers to dry for about three months.—
Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
1 Apr. 2025
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One intriguing possibility to boost voltages is to miniaturize the cylindrical shells and make arrays of them connected in series.—
The Physics arXiv Blog,
Discover Magazine,
24 Mar. 2025
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Its single, blue-gray, globular stem may produce a big white flower in early summer.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Jan. 2025
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How to Propagate Red Buckeye Tree In late summer to early fall, red buckeye trees produce globular light brown seed capsules 1 to 2 inches in diameter.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Nov. 2024
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His signature black-rimmed eyeglasses, huge and round, are bright yellow now.—
Dodie Kazanjian,
Vogue,
1 Apr. 2025
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We are led to the living room – also the television room – where Sayed and his wife, Zainab, demonstrate how to bake round sun bread, which rises in the sun.—
Francine Kiefer,
Christian Science Monitor,
1 Apr. 2025
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In recent years, the Academy has expanded its membership, overhauled its voting processes, and begun embracing the global community of film.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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Ado is also about to kick off an unprecedented tour that will take her to 33 cities around the world and draw over 500,000 fans, the biggest global trek by a Japanese artist ever.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Spherical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spherical. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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