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globular

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɒbjʊlə/ / /ˈɡlɑbjəlɚ/

adj

Etymology: From French globulaire or Medieval Latin globulāris.

  1. Roughly spherical in shape; globe-shaped.

    "Nary a spot," interrupted E. R. Coglan, flippantly. "The terrestrial, globular, planetary hunk of matter, slightly flattened at the poles, and known as the Earth, is my abode.[…]"

    Podson's globular stare assured any woman that the bargain was sacred. It was solemn, intent, opaque; it was also slightly mesmeric, which is to say that it gave out everything and took in nothing.

  2. Comprising globules.

noun

Etymology: From French globulaire or Medieval Latin globulāris.

  1. A globular cluster
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