orbiculate

spherical or circular; orbicular

Adjective

  1. 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).

Forms

more orbiculate most orbiculate

Derived

orbiculately semiorbiculate suborbiculate

Noun

  1. That which is orbiculate, especially a solid whose vertical section is oval and whose horizontal section is circular.

Forms

orbiculates