Meanings
adjectivespheric (comparative more spheric, superlative most spheric)
comparative more spheric · superlative most spheric · alternative sphæric · alternative spherick · alternative spherical
- Of or relating to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set.
Though the stars were suns, and overburned / Their spheric limitations.
1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Second Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving the shape of a sphere or ball
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekσφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)
- Latinsphaera
- Late Latinsphēra
- Old Frenchsphere
- Middle Englishspere
- Englishsphere
- Englishspheric
Translations
Ukrainian сфери́чний, куля́стий
- сфери́чний (sferýčnyj)spherical
- куля́стий (kuljástyj)spherical
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with spheric
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Cite this entry
APA
spheric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spheric
MLA
“spheric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spheric. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spheric,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spheric.
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