Globular

/ˈɡlɒbjʊlə/ adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A globular cluster
Adjective
  1. 1
    Roughly spherical in shape; globe-shaped.

    ""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.[…]""

  2. 2
    Comprising globules.
Adjective
  1. 1
    having the shape of a sphere or ball wordnet

Example

More examples

"They're globular structures that tend to knit together, forming large clots."

Etymology

From French globulaire or Medieval Latin globulāris.

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