orbiculate
spherical or circular; orbicular
Adjective
- spherical or circular; orbicular
- Walter Morrison invented an orbiculate dish named the Frisbee in 1955.
Origin
First attested in 1650; borrowed from Latin orbiculātus, from orbiculus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
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Noun
- That which is orbiculate, especially a solid whose vertical section is oval and whose horizontal section is circular.