spheric
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[edit]Etymology
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[edit]- Rhymes: -ɛɹɪk
Adjective
[edit]spheric (comparative more spheric, superlative most spheric)
- Spherical.
- Of or relating to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set.
- 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Second Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
- Though the stars were suns, and overburned / Their spheric limitations.
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]spheric (plural spherics)
- Alternative form of sferic