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单词 globosity
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globosityn.

Brit. /ɡləʊˈbɒsᵻti/, U.S. /ɡloʊˈbɑsədi/
Forms: 1500s– globosity, 1600s globositie.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin globositat-, globositas.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin globositat-, globositas roundness, rotundity, the fact of having the form of a globe (4th cent.) < classical Latin globōsus globose adj. +-tās (see -ty suffix1; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French, French globosité (13th cent. in Old French), Italian globosità (a1519).
The fact or condition of being globose or shaped like a globe; sphericality, roundness, rotundity. Also: a globose or rounded part (now somewhat archaic or humorous).
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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
1577 T. Newton in tr. Cicero Fowre Severall Treat. f. 129 This is because of the roundnes & globosity of the earthe.
a1657 J. Balfour Hist. Wks. (1824) II. 74 In the globositie therof, to admire his wisdoome.
1662 H. More Coll. Several Philos. Writings (ed. 2) Pref. Gen. 20 At which Timidity of mine none can justly wonder that considers how shie the ancient Fathers were of the Globosity of the Earth.
1799 tr. I. Kant Ess. & Treat. II. 153 In the beginning they were all in a fluid state; this is proved by their globosity.
1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 199 When..the figures..are more turgid, and each part disfigured with some globosity, it is probable that they were formed with a little auger or trepan.
1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. xvi. 293 The trunk..wearing all its huger globosities behind.
1915 Science 29 Oct. 612/1 Adams examined chiefly the variation in shell diameter, globosity and spinosity.
1968 J. Burnham Beyond Mod. Sculpt. 208 [The] severe, linear, Cubist sculpture of 1914 to 1920, runs completely counter to his natural inclination for baroque globosity.
1997 Toronto Star (Nexis) 16 Feb. a2 All those thousands of Ontario women who now routinely swarm the streets, flaunting their shirtless globosities.
2004 P. Copper Silurian Atrypid Brachiopods Gotland 128/2 Septatrypa karlsoa is distinct from S. petesvika in its much larger size,..globosity, and highly arched anterior fold.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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