Spherical Meaning
/ˈsfɛɹɪkəl/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjShaped as a sphere; being a sphere.
adjOf, or pertaining to, spheres.
Sentence Examples
The child drew a spherical triangle.
The puck of ice hockey is not spherical.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The bubble was perfectly ____ because of the surface tension of the soap film.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The bubbles in the soapy water were almost perfectly ____ as they floated gently in the air.
Word Origin & History
English spheric [from Latin sphaericus, from Ancient Greek σφαιρικός (sphairikós)] + -al.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, essentially what today we might term a frameless magnifying glass or plain glass paperweight."
— 2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist:
"Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance."
— c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The bubble was perfectly ____ because of the surface tension of the soap film.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The bubbles in the soapy water were almost perfectly ____ as they floated gently in the air.