globular

Etymology

From French globulaire.

adj

  1. Roughly spherical in shape; globe-shaped.
    "Nary a spot," interrupted E. R. Coglan, flippantly. "The terrestrial, globular, planetary hunk of matter, slightly flattened at the poles, and known as the Earth, is my abode. 1906, O. Henry, A Cosmopolite in a Café
    Globular lights, painted a dark green, hang from under the fancy iron eaves, unlit for centuries... 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
  2. Comprising globules.

noun

  1. (astronomy) A globular cluster

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