Definition of Aspherical

1. Adjective. Varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape.

Exact synonyms: Aspheric
Category relationships: Optics
Similar to: Rounded

Definition of Aspherical

1. Adjective. Not (quite) spherical ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aspherical

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aspherical

asphaltenic
asphaltic
asphalting
asphaltite
asphaltites
asphaltlike
asphalts
asphaltum
asphaltums
asphaltus
asphenc lens
asphere
aspheres
aspheric
aspheric lens
aspherical (current term)
asphericities
asphericity
asphodel
asphodels
asphyctic
asphygmia
asphyxia
asphyxia livida
asphyxia neonatorum
asphyxia pallida
asphyxial
asphyxiant
asphyxiants
asphyxias

Literary usage of Aspherical

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

1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1843)
"Hence a is represented by the circuit /j in yo and y is 1-aspherical relative ... Y and Y0 are ANR and Y is r-aspherical relative to Y0 for each 1 < r < n, ..."

2. Descartes and the Hyperbolic Quest: Lens Making Machines and Their by D. Graham Burnett (2005)
"These two aspects of the machine were related: it was precisely the purported complexity of aspherical surfaces that demanded, in Descartes' view, ..."

3. Directory of Northridge Earthquake Research edited by Brian Cowan, Michael Mahoney, Stephen A. Mahin (2000)
"... including complete waveform inversion of body wave and surface wave signals using an aspherical Earth model with a Centroid-Moment Tensor Inversion ..."

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