Spherical

What do we mean by spherical?

Having the shape of a sphere; globular. adjective

Having a shape approximating that of a sphere. adjective

Of or relating to a sphere. adjective

Of or relating to celestial bodies. adjective

Bounded by or having the form of the surface of a sphere: as, a spherical body; a spherical surface; a spherical shell.

Pertaining or relating to a sphere or spheres, or to sphericity: as, a spherical segment or section; spherical trigonometry.

Relating to the planets; planetary, in the astrological sense.

Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular. adjective

Of or pertaining to a sphere. adjective

Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set. adjective

Etc. See under Angle, Coordinate, etc. adjective

That branch of geometry which treats of spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere, especially of the circles described on its surface. adjective

See under Harmonic, a. adjective

Portion of the surface of a sphere included between two great semicircles having a common diameter. adjective

The magnitude of a solid angle. It is measured by the portion within the solid angle of the surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point. adjective

Portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles. adjective

The projection of the circles of the sphere upon a plane. See Projection. adjective

Shaped like a sphere.

Of, or pertaining to, spheres.

Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and two angles.

Of or relating to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set.

Encompassing all that is awesome. Urban Dictionary

An unfortunately jovial specimen, usually of the female gender. Known for their buoyant breasts and blubber fluidity like a gentle ocean wave (often hypnotizing). May often be mistaken for a de-tusked walrus. Urban Dictionary

A males balls Urban Dictionary

An individual with few redeeming characteristics. Stems from the fact that spheres appear exactly the same when viewed from any perspective. The phrase is commonly attributed to astronomer Fritz Zwicky. Urban Dictionary

Someone who's a perfectly smooth bastard no matter which way you look at him. Also works with Spherical nutjob, spherical jackass. Syntax: Spherical cuss-word History: Often attributed to the eccentric Swiss Astronomer Fritz Zwicky, who used to refer to fellow astronomers at the Mt. Wilson Observatory as Spherical Bastards. "Because", in his words, "they were bastards, when looked at from any side". Source: dynamical-systems.org/zwicky/Zwicky-e.html Urban Dictionary

History: Often attributed to the eccentric Swiss Astronomer Fritz Zwicky, who used it to refer to fellow astronomers at the Mt. Wilson Observatory as Spherical Bastards. "Because", in his words, "they were bastards, when looked at from any side". Urban Dictionary

A complete asshole. An utter waste of chromosomes. Spherical because a complete asshole has no redeeming features whatsoever and is still an asshole no matter which way you look at him/her, just as a sphere presents the same circular outline no matter which direction it is viewed from. Urban Dictionary

A real prick Urban Dictionary

Any minga female that is obese Urban Dictionary

A polite alternative to bollocks or balls as a written or oral expletive. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to spherical:
spherical, aspherical, schetical, spheral, spheroidal, spheric, spherics, splenical, sphericle, sterical.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word spherical:
aberration, harmonics, tokamak, trigonometry, ellipsoidal, ellipsoid, aberrations, hyaline, ovoid, polyhedron, warts, triangles, cylindrical, hyperbolic, coordinates, reflector, symmetry, cartesian, harmonic, parabolic, centimeter, sphere, tiling, bearings, diameter, spore, spores, radius, elliptical, geometry, curvature, lens, lenses, angular, coordinate, chromatic, tensor, euclidean, spheres, capsule, angles, projection, shape, radial, projective, flattened, conical, elongated, mirrors, triangle, symmetric, particles, particle, mirror, polar, aperture, astronomy, convex, roller, dimensions, shapes, angle, equation, focal, fruits, irregular, shell, vector, linear, longitude, shaped, nucleus, surface, functions, wave, flowers, rotation, metric, theorem, smooth, eggs, fruit, shells, telescope, axis, plane, momentum, bearing, broadly, measuring, measure, cluster, differential, formula, optical, latitude, viral, waves, oval, balls.

Words that rhyme with spherical:
hysterical, clerical, chimerical, numerical, mericle, carrick hill, derek hill, eric hill.

Adjectives that are often used to describe spherical:
zonal, mean, oblique, small, order, non, free, nucleus, body, marginal, relative, near, standard, thorax, endoplast, more, most, eyeball, rectangular, overcorrected, general, minimum, globose, longitudinal, lamellar, oral, outer, local.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective spherical:
aberration, surface, particles, shape, coordinates, shell, form, harmonics, symmetry, triangle, surfaces, wave, mirror, bodies, waves, body, cells, particle, trigonometry, lens, geometry, shells, model, triangles, earth, mass, lenses, mirrors, nucleus, cavity, masses, nuclei, functions, molecules, forms, structures, structure, case, segment, grains, cell, excess, aberrations, head, shapes, object, figure, space, distribution, ball, cap, harmonic, beads, granules, polygon, vessel, objects, micelles, volume, vesicles, region, equivalent, bubble, droplets, inclusions, angle, bearings, chamber, conductor, clusters, drop, balloon, aggregates, sector, models, expansion, bubbles, balls, dome, bacteria, diameter, correction, shot, astronomy, wavefront, projection, cavities, reflector, atoms, viruses, bearing, angles, drops, approximation, pendulum.

Words that sound like spherical:
spherical, sphericle, aspherical, sterical, spiricle, spheric, strickle, spherically, sferics, spiracle, spheral, sirica, senecal, senechal, sarcle, scriggle, mericle, struggle, cereal, cynical, serial, satirical, sinical, cerial, cenacle, satyrical, spheroidal, theorical, spherule, circle, sparkle, sickle, miricle, surgical, sicle, cervical, symetrical, straggle, sicl, sickel, sanicle, stickle, stoical, psychical, sparcle, frickle, seckel, cercle, sichel, striegel, centrical, circal, sophical, soroka, suriel, stickel, sterkel, seral, ceryl, cercal, scenical, ceryle, sekel, seric, sferra, sericulture, cicl, secle.