Definition of "spherical" [spher•ic•al]

• Having the shape of a sphere; globular. (adjective)
• Having a shape approximating that of a sphere. (adjective)
• Of or relating to a sphere. (adjective)
• Of or relating to celestial bodies. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "If the planets seem to be spherical, is the universe spherical as well?"
• "The Sony Librie is a stunning e-ink ebook reading device with the most print-like book reading experience you can have at this time (the display moves microscopic black and white particles held within spherical microcapsules)."
• "These closed objects are commonly called spherical harmonics, although they are only remotely related to the mathematical definition found in the solution to certain wave functions, most notably the eigenfunctions of angular momentum operators."