Meaning of ORBICULAR
| Pronunciation: | | or'bikyulur
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- [adj] having the shape of a sphere or ball; "a spherical object"; "nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey
- [adj] circular or nearly circular
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| | Synonyms: | | ball-shaped, circular, global, globose, globular, orbiculate, round, simple, spheric, spherical, unsubdivided |
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| | Definition: | | \Or*bic"u*lar\, a. [L. orbicularis, fr. orbiculus,
dim. of orbis orb: cf. F. orbiculaire.]
Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular;
orbiculate. -- {Or*bic"u*lar*ly}, adv. --
{Or*bic"u*lar*ness}, n.
Orbicular as the disk of a planet. --De Quincey.
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| | Definition: | | Circular or nearly so. |
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