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orbicular
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective orbicular has 2 senses
- orbicular(s = adj.all) orbiculate - circular or nearly circular; Array
- orbicular(s = adj.all) ball-shaped, global, globose, globular, spheric, spherical - having the shape of a sphere or ball; "a spherical object"; "nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"
CIDE DICTIONARY
orbicular, a. [L. orbicularis, fr. orbiculus, dim. of orbis orb: cf. F. orbiculaire.].
Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular; orbiculate. [1913 Webster]
"Orbicular as the disk of a planet."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
orbicular, adj. formal 1 circular and flat; disc-shaped; ring-shaped.
2 spherical; globular; rounded.
3 forming a complete whole.
2 spherical; globular; rounded.
3 forming a complete whole.
Derivative
orbicularity n. orbicularly adv.
Etymology
ME f. LL orbicularis f. L orbiculus dimin. of orbis ring
ROGET THESAURUS
orbicular
Circularity
N circularity, roundness, rotundity, circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet, ringlet, eye, loop, wheel, cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band, contrate wheel, crown wheel, hub, nave, sash, girdle, cestus, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland, crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar, noose, lasso, lassoo, ellipse, oval, ovule, ellipsoid, cycloid, epicycloid, epicycle, semicircle, quadrant, sextant, sector, sphere, round, rounded, circular, annular, orbicular, oval, ovate, elliptic, elliptical, egg-shaped, pear-shaped, cycloidal, spherical, I watched the little circles die.
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