globular
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɒbjʊlə/ / /ˈɡlɑbjəlɚ/
adj
Etymology: From French globulaire or Medieval Latin globulāris.
- 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.”
- Comprising globules.
noun
Etymology: From French globulaire or Medieval Latin globulāris.
- A globular cluster