globular
adjective
glob·u·lar
| \ ˈglä-byə-lər
, sense 1b is also ˈglō-\
, sense 1b is also ˈglō-\
Definition of globular
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Examples of globular in a Sentence
the globular streetlights give the pedestrian mall a Gay Nineties look
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Unlike humpbacks, Baird’s beak whales have a globular head from which a long, snout-like beak then extends, hence the name. — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, "Whales, killer sharks steal some of U.S. Open’s thunder in Monterey Bay," 12 June 2019 As store staff boxed up the globular gilded blobs in Rocha’s pink wrapping paper, guests like Cindy Sherman and Connie Valese milled about, discussing the Frieze Art Fair and the new arrival of Rocha frocks in the store. — Steff Yotka, Vogue, "Simone Rocha Hosts an Intimate Evening to Celebrate Her Louise Bourgeois Collaboration," 2 May 2019 But closer inspection reveals globular black accretions, like oil or tar, that pin down pieces of the netting, which also creeps into — or out of — rough gouges that have been made in the wall behind it. — OregonLive.com, "'Millennial pink' meets art in 'Symmetry Breaking' exhibit at Marylhurst," 22 Oct. 2017 The globular colony is frozen in mid-rupture, releasing its brightly colored daughter colonies into the world to reproduce. — Ben Panko, Smithsonian, "Revel in the Big Details of Tiny Things With These Prize-Winning Images," 4 Oct. 2017 Visible objects this season include the sun, the planets Jupiter and Saturn, a globular star cluster, a binary star and the Ring Nebula. — Elena Mejia Lutz, Indianapolis Star, "Butler's Holcomb Observatory hosts educational show on eclipses ahead of the real one," 8 Aug. 2017 Valued at a more modest $3 million, Untitled (2013), a sculpture by Wool, rests in a flowerbed at Buckingham Plaza North, where the globular tangle of bronze wire is juxtaposed against the rococo-style Buckingham Fountain. — James Steinbauer, chicagotribune.com, "Along Chicago's Lakefront Trail, an open-air museum," 22 June 2017 Modern humans are distinguishable from, say, Neanderthals by our flatter, more delicate faces and our more globular crania, which encase larger and more complex brains. — Alan Burdick, The New Yorker, "The Oldest Human Fossils Ever Discovered Have Stories to Tell," 7 June 2017 Such stars were once common in globular clusters, or dense clumps of extremely old stars that orbit galaxies, including our own. — National Geographic, "Bizarre Black Holes Revealed by New Space-Time Ripples," 1 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'globular.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for globular
globular
adjective
glob·u·lar
| \ ˈgläb-yə-lər
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Medical Definition of globular
Other Words from globular
globularly
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adverb
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adverb
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