English-Thai Dictionary

spherical

ADJ กลม  ทรงกลม  globular rounded klom

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPHERICAL; SPHERIC

Spher "ic *al, Spher "ic, a. Etym: [L. sphaericus, Gr. sphérique. ]

 

1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body.

 

2. Of or pertaining to a sphere.

 

3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set. Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance. Shak. Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their spheric limitations. Mrs. Browning. Spherical angle, Spherical coördinate, Spherical excess, etc. See under Angle, Coordinate, etc. -- Spherical geometry, that branch of geometry which treats of spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere, especially of the circles described on its surface. -- Spherical harmonic analysis. See under Harmonic, a. -- Spherical lune, portion of the surface of a sphere included between two great semicircles having a common diameter. -- Spherical opening, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is measured by the portion within the solid angle of the surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point. -- Spherical polygon, portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles. -- Spherical projection, the projection of the circles of the sphere upon a plane. See Projection. -- Spherical sector. See under Sector. -- Spherical segment, the segment of a sphere. See under Segment. -- Spherical triangle, re on the surface of a sphere, bounded by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each other. -- Spherical trigonometry. See Trigonometry. -- Spher "ic *al *ly, adv. -- Spher "ic *al *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

spherical

spher i cal |ˈsfi (ə )rikəl, ˈsfer- ˈsfɪ (ə )rəkəl ˈsfɛrəkəl | ▶adjective shaped like a sphere. • of or relating to the properties of spheres. • formed inside or on the surface of a sphere. DERIVATIVES spher i cal ly adverb ORIGIN late 15th cent.: via late Latin from Greek sphairikos, from sphaira (see sphere ).

 

spherical aberration

spher i cal ab er ra tion |ˌabəˈrāSHən ˌsfɪərəkəl ˌæbəˈreɪʃən | ▶noun a loss of definition in the image arising from the surface geometry of a spherical mirror or lens.

 

spherical angle

spher i cal an gle ▶noun an angle formed by the intersection of two great circles of a sphere.

 

spherical coordinates

spher i cal co or di nates (also spherical polar coordinates ) ▶plural noun three coordinates that define the location of a point in three-dimensional space. They are the length of its radius vector r, the angle θ between the vertical plane containing this vector and the x -axis, and the angle φ between this vector and the horizontal x –y plane. [Usually written ( r, θ, φ ).]

 

spherical triangle

spher i cal tri an gle ▶noun a triangle formed by three arcs of great circles on a sphere.

 

spherical trigonometry

spher i cal trig o nom e try ▶noun the branch of trigonometry concerned with the measurement of the angles and sides of spherical triangles.

 

Oxford Dictionary

spherical

spher |ic ¦al |ˈsfɛrɪk (ə )l | ▶adjective shaped like a sphere: spherical pearls. • relating to the properties of spheres. • formed inside or on the surface of a sphere. DERIVATIVES spherically adverb ORIGIN late 15th cent.: via late Latin from Greek sphairikos, from sphaira (see sphere ).

 

spherical aberration

spher |ic ¦al ab |er ¦ra ¦tion ▶noun a loss of definition in the image arising from the surface geometry of a spherical mirror or lens.

 

spherical angle

spher |ic ¦al angle ▶noun an angle formed by the intersection of two great circles of a sphere.

 

spherical coordinates

spherical coordinates (also spherical polar coordinates ) ▶plural noun three coordinates that define the location of a point in three-dimensional space. They are the length of its radius vector r, the angle θ between the vertical plane containing this vector and the x -axis, and the angle φ between this vector and the horizontal x –y plane. ●Usually written ( r, θ, φ ).

 

spherical triangle

spher |ic ¦al tri |angle ▶noun a triangle formed by three arcs of great circles on a sphere.

 

spherical trigonometry

spher |ic ¦al trig |onom ¦etry ▶noun [ mass noun ] the branch of trigonometry concerned with the measurement of the angles and sides of spherical triangles.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

spherical

spherical adjective a spherical Japanese lantern: round, globular, globose, globoid, globe-shaped, spheroidal, spheric.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

spherical

spherical adjective the electric light bulb hung in a spherical Japanese lantern: round, globular, ball-shaped, globe-shaped, orb-shaped, orb-like, bulbous, bulb-shaped, balloon-like; convex, curved, curvilinear, rounded, rotund; technical cycloidal, discoid, discoidal, spheroid, spheroidal, spheric; rare globate, globose, globoid, orbicular, orbiculate.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

spherical

spher i cal /sférɪk (ə )l / (! -phe-は /fe /) 形容詞 ｟かたく ｠球形の ; 丸い .