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sphericality|sfɛrɪˈkælɪtɪ| [f. spherical a.] The quality of being spherical; sphericity.
1669Sturmy Mariner's Mag. v. v. 19 The Sphericality of this Terrestial Globe. 1780Harris Philol. Enq. Wks. (1841) 362 note, Let us, for example, call sphericality (if we may employ such a word) the essential form to a bowl. 1844G. S. Faber Eight Dissert. (1845) II. 250 From an acquaintance with the earth's sphericality. 1878N. Amer. Rev. CXXVI. 375 A knowledge of the sphericality of the earth. |