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sphericity

sphericity noun: the quality of being spherical, being a sphere.

Noun

sphericity (countable and uncountable, plural sphericities)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being spherical, being a sphere.
  2. (countable) The ratio of the surface area of a given particle to the surface area of a sphere with the same volume.

sphericity meaning in Tamil and Arabic

sphericity in Tamil

கோளத்தன்மை, கோளத் தன்மை

sphericity in Arabic

quality of being spherical
كُرَوِيَّة kurawiyya

Synonyms of sphericity

All synonyms of sphericity

Forms of sphericity

pluralsphericities

Origin of sphericity

From spheric + -ity. In the geometrical sense, defined by the geologist Hakon Wadell in 1935.

Words formed from sphericity

Questions about sphericity

What does sphericity mean?
Sphericity means the quality of being spherical, being a sphere.
What is sphericity in Tamil?
Sphericity in Tamil is கோளத்தன்மை, கோளத் தன்மை. See Sphericity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sphericity?
Sphericity is a noun.
What is the plural of sphericity?
The plural of sphericity is sphericities.

Words near sphericity in the dictionary

  1. spherically
  2. sphericalness
  3. sphericist
  4. sphericists
  5. sphericities
  6. sphericity
  7. spherick
  8. sphericle
  9. sphericles
  10. spherico-
  11. sphericocylindrical

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sphericity (page history and authors); sphericity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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