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View synonyms for orbicular

orbicular

[ awr-bik-yuh-ler ]

adjective

  1. like an orb; ringlike; circular; spherical; rounded.


orbicular

/ ɔːˈbɪkjʊlə; ɔːˌbɪkjʊˈlærɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. circular or spherical
  2. (of a leaf or similar flat part) circular or nearly circular
  3. rare.
    rounded or total
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • orˈbicularly, adverb
  • orbicularity, noun
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Other Words From

  • or·bicu·lari·ty or·bicu·lar·ness noun
  • or·bicu·lar·ly adverb
  • subor·bicu·lar adjective
  • subor·bicu·lar·ly adverb
  • subor·bicu·lari·ty noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of orbicular1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English orbiculer, from Old French orbiculaire and Late Latin orbiculāris “circular, spherical,” equivalent to Latin orbi(s) “disk” + -cul(us) diminutive suffix + -āris; orb, -cule 1, -ar 1
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Example Sentences

This shell is very like Cytherea loeta, but differs from it in its markings, as well as its outline, which is more orbicular.

Its shape varies from triangular to orbicular, the mouth of the animal forming the vertex of the triangle.

This mass was of a flattened, orbicular shape, and its surface coated with a green oxide.

The precipices on the east shore shot up into spiral points; yet the orbicular elevations are covered with grass and shrubbery.

If my observations were well taken it embraces, sparingly, orbicular masses of hornblende.

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