单词 | globulous |
释义 | globulousadj. Having the form of a globule or globules; consisting of globules. Cf. globular adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > spherical or globular > small sphere or globule globulous1664 globuliform1798 globuled1804 spherular1820 globulose1822 blobby1882 1664 R. Boyle Exper. & Considerations Colours ii. i. 109 And partly least it should be said, that the Whiteness of such Globulous Particles proceeds from the Air Included in the Froth. 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues iii. xxviii. 251 In each of these Circles was there also a small Globulous Speck. 1702 R. Eliot Anat. Ess. i. 77 These Globolous Bodies expelled out of the Ovarium, are received by the Tubæ Fallopianæ. 1786 J. Bonnycastle Introd. Astron. 306 Des Cartes defines it to be a globulous matter, diffused through the universe. 1837 Metropolitan Sept. 93 The yeast of beer is a heap of little globulous bodies, capable of reproducing themselves. 1868 P. M. Duncan tr. L. Figuier Insect World iii. 113 The antennæ are short, with a second globulous articulation, and a small terminal hair. 1920 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 18 Feb. 10/7 Various combinations of minerals, water, amino compounds, albumens, globulous oils, fats, starches, [etc]. 1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 July He had his mother's rather globulous blue eyes. 2007 Aquaculture 265 30/2 Spines in the second, anteriormost region of this row have a blade that is curved slightly and acute, and their base is globulous. Derivatives ˈglobulousness n. rare the quality or condition of being globulous; globularity. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [noun] > sphericity or globularity rotunditya1513 globosity1577 sphericity1625 sphericalness1644 orbicularity1653 globulousness1665 sphericality1669 globularness1715 globularity1750 burl1876 spherality1890 bulbosity1901 1665 R. Boyle New Exper. & Observ. Cold 715 The same drops..will readily adhere to Gold, and lose their Globulousness upon it. 1901 J. A. Hart Argonaut Lett. 31 It was much affected by fat men, as the falling away of the cutaway from the single button made their abdominal globulousness less noticeable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1664 |
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