SPHERICAL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary AI Assistant Dictionary Translate Grammar Thesaurus +Plus Cambridge Dictionary +Plus Games Cambridge Dictionary +Plus My profile +Plus help Log out {{userName}} Cambridge Dictionary +Plus My profile +Plus help Log out Log in / Sign up English (UK) 1 ? true : false } }), searchAutoComplete.changeToLayoutContainer(); tap:AMP.setState({ stateSearch: { autocomplete: stateSearch.dataset != 'wordlists' && stateSearch.term.length 1 } })" / English 1) ? '/autocomplete/amp?dataset=' + stateSearch.dataset + '&q=' + stateSearch.term : 'https://'" 0 && stateHdr.searchDesk ? 'pa pdd chac-sb tc-bd bw hbr-20 hbss lpt-25' : 'hdn'" {{word}} {{#beta}} Beta{{/beta}} {{#preferredDictionaries}} {{^selected}} {{name}} {{/selected}} {{/preferredDictionaries}} Meaning of spherical in English spherical adjective uk Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio /ˈsfer.ɪ.kəl/ us Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio /ˈsfɪr.ɪ.kəl/ Add to word list Add to word list round, like a ball: The earth is not perfectly spherical. Synonym globular Compare circular adjective round adjective (CIRCULAR) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Geometrical shapes -cornered circularly congruently conic crescent moon cuboid lozenge nonagon octagonal octahedron orbicular ovally ovoid parallelogram pentagon pyramid quadrilateral rectangle rectangular three-dimensional See more results » (Definition of spherical from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) spherical | American Dictionary spherical adjective us Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio /ˈsfɪr·ɪ·kəl, ˈsfer-/ Add to word list Add to word list round, like a ball: The earth is not perfectly spherical. spherically adverb us Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio /ˈsfɪr·ɪk·li, ˈsfer-/ (Definition of spherical from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of spherical spherical He possibly tried the same experiment also with inclined planes in a spherical container with an equally negative result. From the Cambridge English Corpus The retained center of such a removed spherical neighborhood is not visible in the three-dimensional subspace in which the bounding 2-sphere lives. From the Cambridge English Corpus These solutions correspond to an approximately spherical interface drifting slowly towards the boundary, without changing its shape. From the Cambridge English Corpus Our computations show that the asymptotic drop shape consists of a compact, nearly spherical drop that encloses a spike of entrained ambient fluid. From the Cambridge English Corpus The different behaviour is evidently due to the very large spherical roughness used, although the reasons are not entirely clear. From the Cambridge English Corpus It is assumed that the spherical shape of the shell remains unchanged, excluding its bottom segment. From the Cambridge English Corpus This makes it possible to take all advantages of the spherical hohlraum. From the Cambridge English Corpus Consider a rotating spherical target, which rolls down along the layering channel. From the Cambridge English Corpus Each sensor is serially displayed between the linear actuator end and the swivel (spherical joint). From the Cambridge English Corpus These include direct measurements of the effect beam-smoothing techniques have on laser beam nonuniformity and on both planar and spherical targets. From the Cambridge English Corpus Different constructions have been suggested for a spherical robot. From the Cambridge English Corpus In spherical coordinates only the azimuthal component of v is non-zero. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of spherical?   What is the pronunciation of spherically?   Translations of spherical in Chinese (Traditional) 球形的，球狀的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 球形的，球状的… See more in Spanish esférico… See more in Portuguese esférico… See more in more languages in Japanese in French in Turkish in Catalan in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian 球の, 球状の… See more sphérique… See more küresel… See more esfèric… See more bolvormig… See more kulový… See more kuglerund… See more bulat… See more กลม… See more thuộc hình cầu… See more kulisty, sferyczny… See more sfärisk, klotformig… See more berbentuk sfera… See more kugelförmig… See more krum, rund… See more 구 모양의… See more сферичний, кулястий… See more sferico… See more Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! 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