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What is the adjective for spherizing?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs sphere and spherize which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

spherical

(geometry) Shaped like a sphere.
(geometry) (no comparative or superlative) Of, or pertaining to, spheres.
(mathematics) Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and two angles.
(astrology) Of or relating to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set.
Synonyms:

globular, orbicular, bulbous, spheroid, spheroidal, spheric, rounded, round, globose, orblike, circular, curved, curvilinear, discoid, globate, cycloidal, global, globoid, orbiculate, rotund, convex, discoidal, globe-shaped, orb-shaped, ball-shaped, orb-like, sphere-shaped, bulb-shaped, balloon-like, annular, bowed, cylindrical, arched, oval, ringed, disk-shaped, domical, arciform, coiled, elliptical, looped, curled, bent, orbed, arced, ring-shaped, egg-shaped, curvy, spiral, disc-like … more

Examples:

“This six-point perspective, with the six vertices of an octahedron serving as the vanishing points, becomes the basis of his spherical paintings.”

“Within their vast spherical orbs lie tens of thousands of ancient stars, tightly packed like a scintillating mass of insects.”

“To eliminate the residual aberration in the spherical lens, we need to increase the refractive index of the glass.”

spheric

Spherical.
Of or relating to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set.
Synonyms:

bulbous, spherical, orbicular, globular, rounded, spheroid, globose, globoid, circular, curved, curvilinear, discoid, rotund, orbiculate, annular, arced, arched, arciform, bent, bowed, coiled, curled, cylindrical, domical, elliptical, looped, orbed, oval, ringed, spiral, disk-shaped, egg-shaped, round, spheroidal, global, globe-shaped, ball-shaped, orb-shaped, bulb-shaped, globate, cycloidal, sphere-shaped, orb-like, globelike, orblike, convex, discoidal, balloon-like, twisted, twisting … more

Examples:

“Two years later, J. J. Thomson modified Kelvin's model, having the electrons move in concentric circle within a positively charged spheric space.”

sphery

(archaic) round; spherical; starlike
(archaic) Of or relating to the celestial spheres.

spheral

spherical
spherically symmetric
Examples:

“Of the divine spheral music, the one is the chordal harmony, the other the consecutive harmony or melody.”

“I could not conscientiously lead you to the altar, even a spheral altar, if I were not prepared to pay house rent and coal bills.”

“That was to be filled with spheral music which lay under lock and bolt deep within his nature.”

spherulitic

of or relating to spherulite
containing spherulite
Examples:

“These aggregates scatter light, however, due to their amorphous nature, and would not be spherulitic or birefringent.”

“The granular to spherulitic microstructure of Carinachites has been documented by several previous authors.”

“They typically grow in two-dimensional fanlike and spherulitic arrays.”

sphereless

(poetic) Without a sphere or spheres; planetless.

spheritic

Relating to, or having the form of, a spherite.

spherulate

Covered or set with spherules.

spherick

Obsolete form of spheric.

spherelike

Resembling a sphere.
Synonyms:

spherical, spheroidal

Examples:

“The astronaut gazed in awe at the spherelike planet from the spaceship window.”

sphered

simple past tense and past participle of sphere

spherized

simple past tense and past participle of spherize

spherizing

present participle of spherize

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