sphericity

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sphericity

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

noun sphericities

  1. uncountable The quality of being spherical, being a sphere.

    Similar: sphericality, sphericalness, sphereness, orbicularity, roundness

  2. countable The ratio of the surface area of a given particle to the surface area of a sphere with the same volume.

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noun quality of being spherical

Españolesfericidad
한국어구형성 guhyeongseong
Portuguêsesfericidade
Françaissphéricité
DeutschKugelförmigkeit
Italianosfericità
العربيةكُرَوِيَّة kurawiyya

noun ratio of particle surface area to sphere surface area

한국어구형도 guhyeongdo
DeutschSphärizität

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@misc{sphericity_2026,
  title = {sphericity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sphericity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}