globular
pronunciation
How to pronounce globular in British English:
UK [ˈglɒbjələ(r)]
How to pronounce globular in American English:
US [ˈglɑbjələ(r)]
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- Adjective:
- having the shape of a sphere or ball
Word Origin
- globular (adj.)
- "globe-shaped, round, spherical and compact," 1650s, from French globulaire or Medieval Latin globularis, or directly from Latin globus "round mass, sphere, ball" (see globe). Earlier in same sense was globical (1610s). Astronomical globular cluster attested from 1806.
Example
- 1. Globular clusters have some of the oldest stars inthe universe .
- 2. Cabbage structurally consists of clusters of stiff leaves superimposed one over the other in compact layers , giving it a round or globular shape .
- 3. Globular clusters once ruled the milky way .
- 4. On a galactic scale , globular clusters are indeed not all that big .
- 5. Globular clusters are nearly spherical groups of hundreds of thousands of stars bound by gravity .