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Dictionary: glob·u·lar   (glŏb'yə-lər) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Having the shape of a globe or globule; spherical.
  2. Consisting of globules.
  3. Worldwide; global.
globularly glob'u·lar·ly adv.
globularness glob'u·lar·ness n.

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adjective

    Having the shape of a curve everywhere equidistant from a fixed point: annular, circular, globoid, round, spheric, spherical. See geometry.

Veterinary Dictionary: globular
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Resembling a globe.

  • g. heart — a spherical cardiac silhouette, usually greatly enlarged and lacking the detailed outline of the right and left atria and apex. Characteristic of pericardial effusion and cardiomyopathy.
  • g. nematode — see tetrameres americana.
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: having the shape of a sphere or ball
  Synonyms: ball-shaped, global, globose, orbicular, spheric, spherical


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kugleformet, rund
n. - kugle

Nederlands (Dutch)
bolvormig, globulair, wereldwijd

Français (French)
adj. - globulaire, globuleux
n. - en forme de globe, en forme de globule

Deutsch (German)
adj. - kugelförmig
n. - Kreis, Ring

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - σφαιρικός

Italiano (Italian)
globulare

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - globular, esférico

Русский (Russian)
шарообразный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - esférico, globular, redondo, compuesto de glóbulos, mundial
n. - objeto redondo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - klotformig, bestående av små kulor

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
球状的, 全球的, 闻名世界的, 球状

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 球狀的, 全球的, 聞名世界的
n. - 球狀

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 구체의, 공 모양의
n. - 구 모양

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 小滴の, 球形の, 球体からなる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) كروي, عالمي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮כדורי, עשוי טיפות-טיפות או מכדורים, כלל-עולמי‬


 
 
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