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spherical British & World English

shaped like a sphere

spherical angle British & World English

an angle formed by the intersection of two great circles of a sphere

spherical triangle British & World English

a triangle formed by three arcs of great circles on a sphere

spherical aberration British & World English

a loss of definition in the image arising from the surface geometry of a spherical mirror or lens

spherical coordinates (also spherical polar coordinates) British & World English

three coordinates that define the location of a point in three-dimensional space. They are the length of its radius vector r, the angle θ between the vertical plane containing this vector and the x-axis, and the angle φ between this vector and the horizontal x-y plane

spherical trigonometry British & World English

the branch of trigonometry concerned with the measurement of the angles and sides of spherical triangles

spherical polar coordinates in spherical coordinates (also spherical polar coordinates) British & World English

three coordinates that define the location of a point in three-dimensional space. They are the length of its radius vector r, the angle θ between the vertical plane containing this vector and the x-axis, and the angle φ between this vector and the horizontal x-y plane

spherical English-French

sphérique

spherical English-German

kugelförmig