Definition of Globoid

1. Noun. (mathematics) A spherical representation or projection of a sphere or ellipsoid. ¹

2. Noun. Mathematical connotation of globe. ¹

3. Adjective. (mathematics) Of, or pertaining to, a globe ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Globoid

1. a spheroid [n -S] - See also: spheroid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Globoid

globetrots
globetrotted
globetrotter
globetrotters
globetrotting
globi
globiferous
globigerina
globin
globin gene
globin insulin
globin zinc insulin
globing
globins
globocrat
globoid (current term)
globoid cell
globoid cell leukodystrophy
globoids
globose
globosely
globoses
globoside
globoside galactosyltransferase
globosides
globosities
globosity
globosus nucleus
globotriaosylceramide
globous

Literary usage of Globoid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"9 March 1970; revised 15 May 1970 • Tubules of globoid Leukodystrophy: A Right-Handed ... Morphologic similarity between the cytoplasmic tubules of globoid ..."

2. Catalogue of the Special Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus at the by South Kensington Museum (1876)
"globoid screw wheels ; spheric screw and wheel. 180. globoid ring, screw, and wheel. ... globoid ring, cone, and wheel. Used by Stephenson in locomotive ..."

3. Handbook of therapy by Oliver Thomas Osborne, Morris Fishbein (1920)
"In 1913, Flexner and Noguchi reported the finding of a micro-organism which they described under the term "globoid bodies" and which they stated seemed to ..."

4. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1917)
"In such tubes there may be a pure growth of globoid organisms after five to ... These tubes seldom become pure cultures of globoid bodies, but they may go ..."

5. Medical Diagnosis for the Student and Practitioner by Charles Lyman Greene (1917)
"(3) Separate globoid bodies. X 1000. (4) Aggregated masses of globoid bodies. X looo. ... (6) Chains of globoid bodies compared with streptococcus pyogenes. ..."

6. Trees: A Handbook of Forest-botany for the Woodlands and the Laboratory by Harry Marshall Ward, Percy Groom (1908)
"False drupe scarlet or crimson, 7—10 mm. long, and containing 2—5 seeds. t Fruit globoid, 6—7 mm. long. Fleshy covering (hypanthium) open above, ..."

7. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1921)
"that they are a phase in the life-history of the globoid bodies just described, the other that they are secondary invaders only. ..."

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