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    [Adjective]  | "spher*i*cal" | \ ˈsfir-i-kəl \


    1: having the form of a sphere or of one of its segments

    2: relating to or dealing with a sphere or its properties


    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Noun]  | "spherical aberration" 


    1: aberration that is caused by the spherical form of a lens or mirror and that gives different foci for central and marginal rays


    Origin: 1868 ;

    [Noun]  | "spherical angle" 


    1: the angle between two intersecting arcs of great circles of a sphere measured by the plane angle formed by the tangents to the arcs at the point of intersection


    Origin: 1678 ;

    [Noun]  | "spherical coordinate" 


    1: one of three coordinates that are used to locate a point in space and that comprise the radius of the sphere on which the point lies in a system of concentric spheres, the angle formed by the point, the center, and a given axis of the sphere, and the angle between the plane of the first angle and a reference plane through the given axis of the sphere


    Origin: circa 1864 ;

    [Noun]  | "spherical geometry" 


    1: the geometry of figures on a sphere


    Origin: 1728 ;

    [Noun]  | "spherical polygon" 


    1: a figure analogous to a plane polygon that is formed on a sphere by arcs of great circles


    Origin: circa 1825 ;

    [Noun]  | "spherical triangle" 


    1: a spherical polygon of three sides


    Origin: 1585 ;

    [Noun]  | "spherical trigonometry" 


    1: trigonometry applied to spherical triangles and polygons


    Origin: circa 1728 ;

    [Adjective]  | "spherical" 


    1: having every part of the surface the same distance from the center;


      * e.g., " ... the planet Earth is not, in fact, perfectly spherical "



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     [ "Spherical" ]

    1: Encompassing all that is awesome.

      * e.g.,  ... I love Charlie's new shoes, they are totally spherical. 

     [ "Spherical" ]

    1: An unfortunately jovial specimen, usually of the female gender. Known for their buoyant breasts and blubber fluidity like a gentle ocean wave (often hypnotizing). May often be mistaken for a de-tusked walrus.

      * e.g.,  ... Laura: "Did you see that massive slut?" 

     [ "sphericals" ]

    1: A males balls

      * e.g.,  ... He must have some big shiny sphericals to think he could ask you out! 

     [ "spherical bastard" ]

    1: An individual with few redeeming characteristics. Stems from the fact that spheres appear exactly the same when viewed from any perspective. The phrase is commonly attributed to astronomer Fritz Zwicky.

      * e.g.,  ... Scooby's a spherical bastard, since no matter how you look at him, he's still a bastard. 

     [ "Spherical Bastard" ]

    1: Someone who's a perfectly smooth bastard no matter which way you look at him. Also works with Spherical nutjob, spherical jackass. Syntax: Spherical cuss-word History: Often attributed to the eccentric Swiss Astronomer Fritz Zwicky, who used to refer to fellow astronomers at the Mt. Wilson Observatory as Spherical Bastards. "Because", in his words, "they were bastards, when looked at from any side". Source: dynamical-systems.org/zwicky/Zwicky-e.html

      * e.g.,  ... "Hey Eugene McLeroy!" Eugene McLeroy: Yes? "You're a spherical bastard." Eugene McLeroy: Oh My! 

     [ "spherical bastard" ]

    1: History: Often attributed to the eccentric Swiss Astronomer Fritz Zwicky, who used it to refer to fellow astronomers at the Mt. Wilson Observatory as Spherical Bastards. "Because", in his words, "they were bastards, when looked at from any side".

      * e.g.,  ... Your bastardness is as as the planets you flap about, spherical. You're a spherical bastard. 

     [ "spherical asshole" ]

    1: A complete asshole. An utter waste of chromosomes. Spherical because a complete asshole has no redeeming features whatsoever and is still an asshole no matter which way you look at him/her, just as a sphere presents the same circular outline no matter which direction it is viewed from.

      * e.g.,  ... He may have been a junkie for ten years and trashed all his friends, but even when he's gone cold turkey don't expect him to say sorry. He's a spherical asshole. 

     [ "spherical bastard" ]

    1: A real prick

      * e.g.,  ... He's a spherical bastard. No matter which way you look at him, He's still a bastard. 

     [ "spherical girl" ]

    1: any minga female that is obese

      * e.g.,  ... ohhh look at spherical girl waddle, quit eating bitch 

     [ "spherical objects" ]

    1: A polite alternative to bollocks or balls as a written or oral expletive.

      * e.g.,  ... George was always talking a load of spherical objects as none of it was correct. 

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