globular
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]FromFrenchglobulaireorMedieval Latinglobulāris.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (US)IPA(key):/ˈɡlɑb.jə.lɚ/
Audio(Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]globular(comparativemoreglobular,superlativemostglobular)
- Roughlysphericalin shape;globe-shaped.
- 1906April,O. Henry[pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “A Cosmopolite in a Café”, inThe Four Million,New York, N.Y.:McClure, Phillips & Co,→OCLC,page33:
- "Nary a spot," interrupted E. R. Coglan, flippantly. "The terrestrial,globular,planetary hunk of matter, slightly flattened at the poles, and known as the Earth, is my abode.[…]"
- 1938,Norman Lindsay, chapter XV, inAge of Consent,London:T[homas]Werner Laurie[…],→OCLC,page152:
- Podson'sglobularstare assured any woman that the bargain was sacred. It was solemn, intent, opaque; it was also slightly mesmeric, which is to say that it gave out everything and took in nothing.
- 1973,Thomas Pynchon,chapter 1, inGravity's Rainbow,1st US edition, New York:Viking Press,→ISBN,part 1:Beyond the Zero,page 4:
- Globularlights, painted a dark green, hang from under the fancy iron eaves, unlit for centuries...
- Comprisingglobules.
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]roughly spherical
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Noun
[edit]globular(pluralglobulars)
References
[edit]- ^Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “globular (adj.)”,inOnline Etymology Dictionary.
- ^“globular,adj.andn.”,inOED Online,Oxford, Oxfordshire:Oxford University Press,launched 2000.
Portuguese
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Adjective
[edit]globularmorf(pluralglobulares)
Romanian
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]globularmorn(feminine singularglobulară,masculine pluralglobulari,feminine and neuter pluralglobulare)
Declension
[edit]Declension ofglobular
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | globular | globulară | globulari | globulare | ||
definite | globularul | globulara | globularii | globularele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | globular | globulare | globulari | globulare | ||
definite | globularului | globularei | globularilor | globularelor |
Spanish
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]globularmorf(masculine and feminine pluralglobulares)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “globular”,inDiccionario de la lengua española,Vigésima tercera edición,Real Academia Española,2014
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