orbicular — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Circular or spherical in shape; round.

   Examples

   […] the Method used by Sailors when they mutiny, by signing their names in an orbicular manner, which they call a round Robin; […]

   More examples (1)

   The whole covey of victims was thus netted; the household ruin was thus full and orbicular; and in that proportion the tendency of men and women, flutter as they might, would be helplessly and hopelessly to sink into the all-conquering hands of the mighty murderer.

2. Of a muscle, surrounding an opening; compare orbicularis.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

Adjective

1. Pertaining to an orbicula.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

Adjective

1. circular or nearly circular

   Synonyms

   orbiculate

2. having the shape of a sphere or ball

   Synonyms

   ball-shapedglobalgloboseglobularsphericspherical

   Examples

   a spherical object

   nearly orbicular in shape