spherical

adjective/ˈsfɛrɪkəl/

Frequency rank: #8,714 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

having the shape of a sphere; perfectly round in three dimensions.

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Example sentence

The planet Earth is not perfectly spherical, but slightly flattened at the poles.

Synonyms & related words

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