orbiculate

orbiculate

English

Etymology

From Latin orbiculātus, from orbiculus.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ôr-bĭk'yə-lāt'

Adjective

orbiculate (comparative more orbiculate, superlative most orbiculate)

1. spherical or circular; orbicular

   Walter Morrison invented an orbiculate dish named the Frisbee in 1955.

Translations

spherical or circular

French: orbiculé (fr)

Noun

orbiculate (plural orbiculates)

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

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Latin

Adjective

orbiculāte

1. vocative masculine singular of orbiculātus