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Etymology

English spheric [from Latin sphaericus, from Ancient Greek σφαιρικός (sphairikós)] + -al.

derived from σφαιρικός
borrowed from sphaericus

Definitions

Shaped as a sphere
Shaped as a sphere; being a sphere.
Of, or pertaining to, spheres.
Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius…
Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and two angles.
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1. 4
  Of or relating to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to…
  Of or relating to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set.
  - Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance.
2. 5
  Of a multivariate probability distribution, to have a covariance matrix equal to the…
  Of a multivariate probability distribution, to have a covariance matrix equal to the identity matrix up to a multiplicative factor.
  - a spherical Gaussian distribution

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Derived

aspherical, biospherical, bispherical, conicospherical, conospherical, demispherical, extraspherical, fluorospherical, hemispherical, hyperspherical, intraspherical, macrospherical, microspherical, monospherical, nanospherical, neurospherical, nonspherical, pentaspherical, perispherical, pseudospherical, quasispherical, semispherical, spherical aberration, spherical angle, spherical cap, spherical chicken, spherical cone, spherical coordinates, spherical cow, spherical curve, spherical distance, spherical excess, spherical geometry, spherical harmonics, sphericality, sphericalization, spherical linear interpolation, spherical lune, spherically, spherical mirror · +11 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at spherical. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at spherical. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at spherical

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