They're globular structures that tend to knit together, forming large clots.
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Globular
//ˈɡlɒbjʊlə//
Synonyms for "globular" (36 found)
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Adjective(2 words)
Strong matches (10)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (18)
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2 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 13 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- գնդաձեւ adj (roughly spherical)
Bengali
1 entries- বর্তুলাকার adj (roughly spherical)
Bulgarian
2 entries- кълбовиден adj (roughly spherical)
- сферичен adj (roughly spherical)
Catalan
1 entries- globular adj (roughly spherical)
French
1 entries- globulaire adj (roughly spherical)
Hindi
1 entries- गोलाकार adj (roughly spherical)
Latin
1 entries- globōsus adj (roughly spherical)
Māori
1 entries- kōpio adj (roughly spherical)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- gogî adj (roughly spherical)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- طوپاق adj (roughly spherical)
- یومرو adj (roughly spherical)
Polish
1 entries- kulisty adj (roughly spherical)
Portuguese
2 entries- globular adj (roughly spherical)
- globuloso adj (roughly spherical)
Swedish
1 entries- klotformig adj (roughly spherical)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
A team of astronomers accidentally discovered a previously unseen dwarf galaxy hiding behind a globular star cluster.
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The best place to look for alien life would be in globular star clusters, according to new research.
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"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.[…]"
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