sphericity
Meaning
Noun
- The quality of being spherical, being a sphere.
- The ratio of the surface area of a given particle to the surface area of a sphere with the same volume.
Related
Similar words
- sphericality, sphericalness, sphereness; orbicularity, roundness
Origin
- From spheric + -ity. In the geometrical sense, defined by the geologist Hakon Wadell in 1935.
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