orbicular : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: orbicular	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for orbicular
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
orbicular adj circular or nearly circular [syn: orbiculate, orbicular] having the shape of a sphere or ball; "a spherical object"; "nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey Synonym(s): ball-shaped, global, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, spherical
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Orbicular \Orbic"ular\, a. [L. orbicularis, fr. orbiculus, dim. of orbis orb: cf. F. orbiculaire.] Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular; orbiculate. -- {Orbic"ularly}, adv. -- {Orbic"ularness}, n. Orbicular as the disk of a planet. --De Quincey.