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  1. adjective Having the shape of a globe or globule; spherical.
  2. adjective Consisting of globules.
  3. adjective Worldwide; global.

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  • In the British Museum is a nodule of globular or Egyptian jasper, which, in its fracture, bears a striking resemblance to the well-known portrait of Chaucer. —  The Diary of Samuel Pepys, February 1666/67
  • It is assumed that the matter of the solar system was once wholly gaseous, and extended as a roughly globular or lenticular mass beyond the orbit of Neptune. —  Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences
  • Besides, the verbal description of the Kirkasanters sounds like a globular cluster, insofar as it sounds like anything. —  Explorations
  • The stories had it that they were globular, but you know how stories are. —  Project Pope
  • "Hey, Sophie," he said softly. —  Bush Doctor's Bride
 

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spherical ·  conical ·  egg-shaped ·  oblong ·  elliptical ·  hemispherical ·  ovoid ·  semicircular ·  cup-shaped ·  tubular ·  convex ·  bulbous
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  1. = French globulaire = Portuguese globular = Italian globulare, from New Latin globularis, from Latin globulus, a little ball: see globule.
 

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/ˈglɑbjulər/
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