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spheric, a. and n.|ˈsfɛrɪk|
Forms: 6 spherike, 6–8 spherick (7 sphear-, sphær-, sphœrick), 7– spheric (8 sphæric, spherique).
[ad. late L. sphēr-, sphæricus, ad. Gr. σϕαιρικός, f. σϕαῖρα sphere n., or F. sphérique (14th c.), = It. sferico, Sp. and Pg. esferico. The n. corresponds to late L. sphærica fem.]
A. adj.
1. Of or relating to the sphere as a geometrical figure. (Cf. spherical a. 2.)
1559W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 5, I wil exhort you..to reade with great diligence..Theodosius of spherike Demonstrations. 1594Davis Seamans Secrets ii. (1607) 4 Cutting the Equinoctiall at right Spherick Angles. 1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Spherick Geometry, or Projection, is the Art of Describing on a Plane the Circles of the Sphere [etc.]. 1706W. Jones Syn. Palmar. Matheseos 279 Of Spheric Trigonometry. 1798Hutton Course Math. (1807) II. 51 The spheric segment pfn.
2. = spherical a. 1.
1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 224 Foure round isles of Sphærick work. 1622Drayton Poly-olb. xxviii. 335 Stones of a spherick form. 1673Gregory in Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men (1841) II. 247, I spoke not so of spheric speculums. 1753Chambers' Cycl. Suppl. s.v. Lycoperdon, The blood red sphæric lycoperdon. 1791E. Darwin Bot. Gard. I. iv. 178 The diving castles, roof'd with spheric glass. 1828Spearman Brit. Gunner (ed. 2) 134 It appears that when the spheric chamber is filled with powder, it has the advantage in point of range. 1855Singleton Virgil I. 30 Behold with spheric mass a nodding world. 1883Lanier Eng. Novel 273 The most ravishing combination of tender curves and spheric softness.
3. Of or pertaining to, connected with, the spheres or heavenly bodies.
1648J. Beaumont Psyche xx. cxl, Those rich Notes..Whose Comfort makes the spherick melody. 1652Benlowes Theoph. vii. xlii, No lines, poles, tropicks, zones can thee enthrall, First mover of the Sphearick ball. 1813T. Busby Lucretius II. v. 863 What there he [sc. the sun] borrows from the spheric skies, To parts opposing his advance supplies. 1844Mrs. Browning Drama of Exile 2050 We shall leap up..To join the spheric company. 1880G. Macdonald Diary Old Soul Jan. 20 Then harmony with every spheric song, And conscious power, would give sureness divine.
B. n. (Chiefly pl.) The mathematical study or science of the sphere; spherical geometry and trigonometry.
1660Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 53 Geometry is precedent to Sphærick, as Station is to Motion. 1730Chamberlayne Relig. Philos. III. xxiv. §9 Concerning Spherics, or the Intersections and Angles which the Circles make. 1757Phil. Trans. L. 422 We have (per spherics) sin. AE : 1 (rad) :: co-t. E : co-t. AH. 1820Shelley Let. M. Gisborne 94 Conic sections, spherics, logarithms. 1867Brande & Cox Dict. Sci., etc. III. 532/1 The practical application of spherics to navigation. |