Definition of Globular

1. Adjective. Having the shape of a sphere or ball. "Little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"


Definition of Globular

1. a. Globe-shaped; having the form of a ball or sphere; spherical, or nearly so; as, globular atoms.

Definition of Globular

1. Adjective. Roughly spherical in shape. ¹

2. Adjective. Comprising globules. ¹

3. Noun. (astronomy) A globular cluster ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Globular

1. a spherical cluster of stars [n -S]

Medical Definition of Globular

1. Globe-shaped; having the form of a ball or sphere; spherical, or nearly so; as, globular atoms. Globular chart, a chart of the earth's surface constructed on the principles of the globular projection. Globular projection, a perspective projection of the surface of a hemisphere upon a plane parallel to the base of the hemisphere, the point of sight being taken in the axis produced beyond the surface of the opposite hemisphere a distance equal to the radius of the sphere into the sine of 45 deg . Globular sailing, sailing on the arc of a great circle, or so as to make the shortest distance between two places; circular sailing. Origin: Cf. F. Globulaire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Globular

globose
globosely
globoses
globoside
globoside galactosyltransferase
globosides
globosities
globosity
globosus nucleus
globotriaosylceramide
globous
globs
globster
globsters
globular (current term)
globular actin
globular cluster
globular clusters
globular heart
globular leukocyte
globular pearlite
globular process
globular protein
globular sputum
globular thrombus
globularities
globularity
globularly
globularness

Literary usage of Globular

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Physiology by Physiological Society (Great Britain). (1879)
"The globular richness is greater in males than in females. There is according to Malassez ... Cathartics have been found to increase the globular richness, ..."

2. History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1859)
"THE establishment of the globular form of the earth is an important step in astronomy, for it is the first of those convictions, directly opposed to the ..."

3. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1918)
"Velocity of globular Clusters.— Slipher has obtained spectrograms of 10 ... From the presence in the great globular cluster in Hercules of many faint bluish ..."

4. Problems in Astrophysics by Agnes Mary Clerke (1903)
"globular CLUSTERS. THERE is no possibility of failing to recognise in a globular ... One hundred and ten globular clusters were registered by Sir John ..."

5. A System of Mineralogy: Descriptive Mineralogy, Comprising the Most Recent by James Dwight Dana, George Jarvis Brush (1868)
"Also in globular forms, fibrous or lamellar, crested ; coarsely laminated, laminae convergent and often curved ; also granular ; colors sometimes banded as ..."

6. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"When we employ two metallic electrodes we obtain a luminous spheroid, the interior of which is FIG. ix — globular spark produced over ..."

7. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1888)
"As a result we have globular, spheroidal, and cometic nebulas. ... globular Nebulae. The remarkable appearance presented by the so-called ..."

8. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1878)
"ACTION OF IRON, COD-LIVER OIL, AND ARSENIC ON THE globular RICHNESS OF THE ... globular richness—te number of globules found in the cubic millimetre—of ..."

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