orbiculate

English

Etymology

From Latin orbiculātus, from orbiculus.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ôr-bĭk'yə-lāt'
  • Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlɪt

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

Noun

orbiculate (plural orbiculates)

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

Latin

Adjective

orbiculāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of orbiculātus
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