Orbiculate Definition

ôr-bĭkyə-lĭt, -lāt
adjective
Orbicular.
American Heritage Medicine

Spherical or circular; orbicular.

Walter Morrison invented an orbiculate dish named the Frisbee in 1955.
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Synonyms:
noun

That which is orbiculate, especially a solid whose vertical section is oval and whose horizontal section is circular.

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Other Word Forms of Orbiculate

Noun

Singular:
orbiculate
Plural:
orbiculates

Origin of Orbiculate

  • Latin orbiculātus from orbiculus diminutive of orbis circle, disk orbh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin orbiculātus, from orbiculus.

    From Wiktionary

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