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spherize

spherize verb: to cause to appear as if on the surface of a sphere.

spherize: to cause to appear as if on the surface of a sphere
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Verb

spherize (third-person singular simple present spherizes, present participle spherizing, simple past and past participle spherized)

  1. (transitive) To cause to appear as if on the surface of a sphere.
  2. (transitive) To form or force into a spherical shape.
    • The particles were spherized by flame-spraying.

Forms of spherize

third-person singular presentspherizes
present participlespherizing
past participlespherized
pastspherized
alternative formspherise

Origin of spherize

From sphere + -ize.

Words formed from spherize

Questions about spherize

What does spherize mean?
Spherize means to cause to appear as if on the surface of a sphere.
What part of speech is spherize?
Spherize is a verb.
What is the past tense of spherize?
The past tense of spherize is spherized.

Words near spherize in the dictionary

  1. spherite
  2. spherites
  3. spheritic
  4. spherium
  5. spherization
  6. spherize
  7. spherized
  8. spherizes
  9. spherizing
  10. sphero-
  11. spherobacteria

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