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 45º.

– 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