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Definition of Orbicular
1. Adjective. Circular or nearly circular.
2. Adjective. Having the shape of a sphere or ball. "Little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"
Similar to: Circular, Round
Derivative terms: Globe, Globosity, Globe, Globe, Globularness, Sphere, Sphere, Sphere, Sphericity, Sphere, Sphere, Sphericalness
Definition of Orbicular
1. a. Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular; orbiculate.
Definition of Orbicular
1. Adjective. Circular or spherical in shape; round. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Orbicular
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Orbicular
1. Circular or nearly so. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orbicular
Literary usage of Orbicular
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"Am. A very slender cumber, resembling T. tricolor in habit: Ivs. peltate, nearly
orbicular, deeply parted into 6 or 7 oblong or obovate obtuse lobes: fls. ..."
2. The British Noctuae and Their Varieties by James William Tutt (1892)
"In this species the quadrate spot between the stigmata is usually joined to the
spot beyond the orbicular, although frequently they are not thus joined. ..."
3. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1904)
"SPHEROIDAL or orbicular structures have been observed in granites and diorites
... '4 AC LAWSON, " The orbicular Gabbro Diorite at Dehesa, San Diego county, ..."
4. An Introduction to Geology: Intended to Convey a Practical Knowledge of the by Robert Bakewell, Benjamin Silliman (1833)
"orbicular PORPHYRY AND orbicular GRANITE OF CORSICA ... The orbicular granite of
Corsica is better know in this country: it is a finely granitic rock, ..."
5. The Flora of British India by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1890)
"238; bracts ovate, dorsal sepal orbicular 3-nerved, lateral ovate faintly 3-nerved,
... nearly orbicular broader than long 3-nerved, tip emarginate. ..."
6. A Conchological Dictionary of the British Islands by William Turton (1819)
"C. More or less orbicular, 16 to 32. covered with numerous irregular dull brown
... Shell somewhat orbicular, a little produced at one end and generally ..."
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