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Definitions for: Globular
[adj] having the shape of a sphere or ball; "a spherical object"; "nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey
Webster (1913) Definition: Glob"u*lar, a. [Cf. F. globulaire.]
Globe-shaped; having the form of a ball or sphere; spherical,
or nearly so; as, globular atoms. --Milton.
Globular chart, a chart of the earth's surface constructed
on the principles of the globular projection.
Globular projection (Map Projection), a perspective
projection of the surface of a hemisphere upon a plane
parallel to the base of the hemisphere, the point of sight
being taken in the axis produced beyond the surface of the
opposite hemisphere a distance equal to the radius of the
sphere into the sine of 45[deg].
Globular sailing, sailing on the arc of a great circle, or
so as to make the shortest distance between two places;
circular sailing.
Synonyms: ball-shaped, circular, global, globose, orbicular, round, spheric, spherical
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