glob·u·lar

(glŏb′yə-lər)

adj.

1. Having the shape of a globe or globule; spherical.

2. Consisting of globules.

3. Worldwide; global.

glob′u·lar·ly adv.

glob′u·lar·ness n.

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globular

(ˈɡlɒbjʊlə) or

globulous

adj

1. shaped like a globe or globule

2. having or consisting of globules

globularity, ˈglobularness n

ˈglobularly adv

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

glob•u•lar

(ˈglɒb yə lər)

adj.

1. globe-shaped; spherical.

2. composed of or having globules.

3. worldwide; global.

[1650–60]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

globular - having the shape of a sphere or ball; "a spherical object"; "nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey

ball-shaped, globose, spheric, spherical, orbicular, global

circular, round - having a circular shape

globular

adjective spherical, round The globular seed capsule contains numerous small seeds.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

globular

adjective

Having the shape of a curve everywhere equidistant from a fixed point:

annular, circular, globoid, round, spheric, spherical.

Translations

كُروي، مؤلَّف من كُريات

kulovitýkulový

kugleformet

kugelförmig

globulaire

gömb alakú

hnattlaga

globulare sferico

guľovitý

küre şeklindeküresel

球状的

globular

[ˈglɒbjʊləʳ] ADJ → globular

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

globular

[ˈglɒbjʊlə^r] adj (formal) → globulaire

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

globular

adj → kugelförmig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

globular

[ˈglɒbjʊləʳ] adj (frm) → globulare

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

globe

(gləub) noun

1. (usually with the) the Earth. I've travelled to all parts of the globe.

2. a ball with a map of the Earth on it.

3. an object shaped like a globe. The chemicals were crushed in a large metal globe.

ˈglobal adjective

affecting the whole world. War is now a global problem.

global village noun

the world thought of as a small place, because modern communication allow fast and efficient contact even to its remote parts.

ˈglobally adverb

globular (ˈglobjulə) adjective

shaped like a globe.

ˈglobe-trotter noun

a person who goes sight-seeing all over the world.

ˈglobe-trotting noun

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And when these things unite in a man of greatly superior natural force, with a globular brain and a ponderous heart; who has also by the stillness and seclusion of many long night-watches in the remotest waters, and beneath constellations never seen here at the north, been led to think untraditionally and independently; receiving all nature's sweet or savage impressions fresh from her own virgin voluntary and confiding breast, and thereby chiefly, but with some help from accidental advantages, to learn a bold and nervous lofty language --that man makes one in a whole nation's census --a mighty pageant creature, formed for noble tragedies.

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Before this congested face, these globular eyes turned yearningly upon him, young Powell (one must keep in mind he was but a youngster then) who could not remember any signs of visible grief, confessed with an embarrassed laugh that, owing to the suddenness of this lucky chance coming to him, he was not in a condition to notice the state of other people.

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