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What does spherical mean?

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Adjective
  1. (geometry) Shaped like a sphere.
  2. (geometry) (no comparative or superlative) Of, or pertaining to, spheres.
  3. (mathematics) Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and two angles.
  4. (astrology) Of or relating to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set.
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Just beneath the surface of receptacles are spherical cavities called conceptacles where gametes are produced.
He also considered curves of double curvature on the sphere and the quadrature of parts of a spherical surface.
Menelaus's work formed the basis for Ptolemy's numerical solutions of spherical astronomy problems in the Almagest.
In Treatise on the quadrilateral al-Tusi gave the first extant exposition of the whole system of plane and spherical trigonometry.
A single very small spherical shell is characterized by a lumpy to ragged surface and numerous short spines.
In our present paper, we added a spherical nanoparticle interacting attractively with the hydrophilic segments of amphiphilic molecules.

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