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What does spherical mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word spherical? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (geometry) Shaped like a sphere.
  2. (geometry) (no comparative or superlative) Of, or pertaining to, spheres.
  3. (mathematics) Of a coordinate system, specifying the location of a point in a plane by using a radius and two angles.
  4. (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.
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In Treatise on the quadrilateral al-Tusi gave the first extant exposition of the whole system of plane and spherical trigonometry.
He also considered curves of double curvature on the sphere and the quadrature of parts of a spherical surface.
Adding an aplanatic meniscus lens to an achromatic lens can increase relative aperture without introducing additional spherical aberration.
Typical aberrations that can impact imaging performance include astigmatism, chromatic aberration, and spherical aberration.
Menelaus's work formed the basis for Ptolemy's numerical solutions of spherical astronomy problems in the Almagest.
In our present paper, we added a spherical nanoparticle interacting attractively with the hydrophilic segments of amphiphilic molecules.

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