globularityn.

1750 R. Pickering Addr. Those Retired 15 The Sea, from the sphærical Form of our World in general, must also have its superficial Globularity.

1785 F. O'Gallagher Ess. First Princ. Nature: Pt. II viii. ii. 24 The necessity of an atmosphere about the sun, not so much to prevent the explosion of his substance, or to preserve his globularity..as to, [etc.].

1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 68 It is the same force (cohesion), which..gives globularity to fluids.

1868 Ladies' Repository Aug. 95/2 Women are told..to keep within their ‘sphere’... Query: Has man any ‘sphere’ to keep within, or is woman the only inhabitant of that abstract globularity?

1899 Massillon (Ohio) Independent 19 Oct. The size [of crest] should be as great as possible, but globularity and compactness are more desirable than size.

1905 E. Channing Hist. U.S. I. i. 8 Like Aristotle, Eratosthenes..had no doubt of the globularity of the earth.

1945 S. H. Adams A. Woollcott xxix. 302 The remarkable globularity of his face was emphasized by large glasses, giving him a singularly owlish aspect.

2002 Science 15 Feb. 1222/1 Much of the variation could be boiled down to the two features of globularity and facial retraction, or how tightly the face is tucked under the braincase.