Meanings
nounsphericity (countable and uncountable, plural sphericities)
plural sphericities
- uncountableThe quality of being spherical, being a sphere.
Synonyms: sphericality, sphericalness, sphereness, orbicularity, roundness
- countablegeometryThe ratio of the surface area of a given particle to the surface area of a sphere with the same volume.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality of being spherical, being a sphere.
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More synonyms by meaning
nounthe roundness of a 3-dimensional object
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From spheric + -ity. In the geometrical sense, defined by the geologist Hakon Wadell in 1935.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic كُرَوِيَّة
- كُرَوِيَّة (kurawiyya)quality of being spherical
Catalan esfericitat
- esfericitatquality of being spherical
Finnish pallonmuotoisuus, pallonmuotoisuus
- pallonmuotoisuusquality of being spherical
- pallonmuotoisuusratio of particle surface area to sphere surface area
French sphéricité
- sphéricitéquality of being spherical
German Kugelförmigkeit, Sphärizität
- Kugelförmigkeitquality of being spherical
- Sphärizitätratio of particle surface area to sphere surface area
Irish sféarúlacht
- sféarúlachtquality of being spherical
Italian sfericità
- sfericitàquality of being spherical
Korean 구형성, 구형도
- 구형성 (guhyeongseong)quality of being spherical
- 구형도 (guhyeongdo)ratio of particle surface area to sphere surface area
Polish sferyczność, kulistość
- sferycznośćquality of being spherical
- kulistośćquality of being spherical
Portuguese esfericidade
- esfericidadequality of being spherical
Spanish esfericidad
- esfericidadquality of being spherical
Cite this entry
APA
sphericity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sphericity
MLA
“sphericity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sphericity. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sphericity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sphericity.
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