Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In the form of a sphere, or of part of a sphere; so as to be spherical.
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- adverb In the manner of a
sphere orglobe .
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- adverb in a spherical manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Schwarzchild found long ago the solution of Einstein equations for the metric around a fixed spherically symmetrical center-of-mass: ds2 = - (1-3m*/r) dT2 + (1 – 2m*/r) -1 dr2 + r2 (dθ+sin2θdφ2) …
Bad Language: Metric vs Metric Tensor vs Matrix Form vs Line Element 2009
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Forty-five feet over Ninevah, Phillip is enclosed in a spherically symmetric potential.
365 tomorrows » 45 Feet Over Ninevah : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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Schwarzchild found long ago the solution of Einstein equations for the metric around a fixed spherically symmetrical center-of-mass: ds2 = - (1-3m*/r) dT2 + (1 – 2m*/r) -1 dr2 + r2 (dθ+sin2θdφ2) …
Bad Language: Metric vs Metric Tensor vs Matrix Form vs Line Element 2009
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Forty-five feet over Ninevah, Phillip is enclosed in a spherically symmetric potential.
365 tomorrows » 2009 » December : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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Rather, it is a solution of Einstein's equations for empty space in the spherically symmetric case.
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Anyway, even though a static electric charge is surrounded by a spherically symmetric electric field, it does not mean that this electric field will move rigidly along with the charge.
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"I hope I enjoy watching the tournament," says Nürnberg, who adds that the ball's eight thermally bonded 3-D panels are, for the first time, spherically moulded, which makes the ball so perfectly proportionate that it retains a round outline even when deflated.
World Cup 2010: Goalkeepers fail to rejoice in spinning, jumping Jabulani 2010
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Anyway, even though a static electric charge is surrounded by a spherically symmetric electric field, it does not mean that this electric field will move rigidly along with the charge.
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What you might have witnessed is ball lightning, a luminous orange or reddish spherically shaped object, which averages about 6 to 20 inches in diameter and lasts a few seconds to a few minutes before disappearing (much longer than a split-second lightning bolt).
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Or at least, you would if it was close enough to spherically symmetric.
mikandra: more weird stuff mikandra 2010
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