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spherical | trica |

As an adjective spherical

is (label) shaped like a sphere.

As a noun trica is

(lichenology) an apothecium in certain lichens, having a spherical surface marked with spiral or concentric ridges and furrows.

spherical

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (label) Shaped like a sphere.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author=(Henry Petroski)
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= The Evolution of Eyeglasses , passage=The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, essentially what today we might term a frameless magnifying glass or plain glass paperweight.}}
  • (label) (no comparative or superlative ) Of, or pertaining to, spheres.
  • (label) Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and two angles.
  • (label) Of or relating to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set.
  • *1606 : (William Shakespeare), (King Lear) , Act 1, Scene 2
    • Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance.

    Synonyms

    * (shaped like a sphere) globular, orbicular, round

    Derived terms

    * spherical aberration * spherical angle * spherical cap * spherical distance * spherical geometry * sphericality * spherical lune * spherical sector * spherical segment * spherical triangle * spherical trigonometry * spherical wedge * sphericity

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    trica

    English

    Noun

    (tricae)
  • (lichenology) An apothecium in certain lichens, having a spherical surface marked with spiral or concentric ridges and furrows.
    • (Webster 1913) ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Etymology 1

    Noun

  • three (digit or figure)
  • anything numbered three (playing card, tram, bus, player with a jersey number 3 etc.)
  • the school grade '3'
    • Declension
    {{sh-decl-noun , tr?ca, trice , trice, tr?c? , trici, tricama , tricu, trice , trico, trice , trici, tricama , tricom, tricama }}

    Etymology 2

    See .

    Noun

  • trifle, junk
    • trice i ku?ine — nonsense
    Declension
    {{sh-decl-noun , trica, trice , trice, trica , trici, tricama , tricu, trice , trico, trice , trici, tricama , tricom, tricama }}