Globular definition

glŏbyə-lər
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Made up of globules.
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Having the shape of a globe or globule; spherical.
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Shaped like a globe or ball; spherical; round.
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Consisting of globules.
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Worldwide; global.
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Roughly spherical in shape.
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Comprising globules.
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(astronomy) A globular cluster.
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Noun

Singular:
globular
Plural:
globulars

Origin of globular

  • From French globulaire

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Globular Sentence Examples

  • Some are globular and others are rod-shaped; they may be grouped in clusters, stars, rosettes, rows, chains or swarms of indefinite shape.

  • To reach the honey in the spur of the flower, the insect must thrust its proboscis into the flower close under the globular head of the stigma.

  • These globular bodies are, in fact, merely the more coherent portions of a perlite; the rest of the rock falls down in a fine powder setting free the glassy spheres.

  • A frieze of lions devouring ibexes and deer, and incised with great artistic skill, runs round the neck, while the eagle crest of Lagash adorns the globular part.

  • As so great a part of the whole surface of the kidney lies adjacent to external surfaces of the body, the remaining part which faces the internal organs is small; it consists of the left part of the under surface; it is level with the floor of the pericardium, and lies over the globular mass formed by the liver and convoluted intestine.

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