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Definition of spherical adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

spherical

adjective

/ˈsferɪkl/

/ˈsfɪrɪkl/,

/ˈsferɪkl/

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like a sphere in shape synonym roundTopics Colours and Shapesc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Spherical is used with these nouns:
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Word Originlate 15th cent.: via late Latin from Greek sphairikos, from sphaira ‘ball’.

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