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spherical US English

shaped like a sphere

spherical angle US English

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

spherical triangle US English

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

spherical aberration US 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) US 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 US 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) US 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