GLOBULAR

global, ball-shaped, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, spherical

(adjective) having the shape of a sphere or ball; “a spherical object”; “nearly orbicular in shape”; “little globular houses like mud-wasp nests”- Zane Grey

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

globular (comparative more globular, superlative most globular)

Roughly spherical in shape.

Comprising globules.

Noun

globular (plural globulars)

(astronomy) A globular cluster

Source: Wiktionary


Glob"u*lar, a. Etym: [Cf. F. globulaire.]

Definition: Globe-shaped; having the form of a ball or sphere; spherical, or nearly so; as, globular atoms. Milton. Globular chart, a chart of the earth's surface constructed on the principles of the globular projection.

– Globular projection (Map Projection), a perspective projection of the surface of a hemisphere upon a plane parallel to the base of the hemisphere, the point of sight being taken in the axis produced beyond the surface of the opposite hemisphere a distance equal to the radius of the sphere into the sine of 45Âş.

– Globular sailing, sailing on the arc of a great circle, or so as to make the shortest distance between two places; circular sailing.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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COVERT

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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