Definition of "globular" []

• Having the shape of a globe or globule; spherical. (adjective)
• Consisting of globules. (adjective)
• Worldwide; global. (adjective)

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• "William Herschel though who first coined the term globular cluster in his catalog of deep sky objects in 1789."
• "• Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905-1993): "A Gift of Stars", researcher on variable stars in globular clusters, and writer of a popular astronomy column in the Toronto Star"
• "The disk was known to be surrounded by a dim, sparse halo of old stars and odd little balls of old stars called globular clusters."