adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
surface
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We specialize to the case of a spherical surface whose cross-section is shown in Fig. 3.5.
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Figure 3.1 shows one two-dimensional surface , a spherical surface; and Fig. 3.2 shows another, a cylindrical surface.
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My contribution is using perfectly spherical surfaces , adding the rim but retaining the outside spherical surface.
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The cylinder is therefore called intrinsically flat, although not planar, and the spherical surface is intrinsically curved.
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Such inconsistencies make it impossible to cover a spherical surface using Cartesian coordinates.
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Geodesics on a spherical surface are the well known great circle routes which are frequently used by airlines on intercontinental flights.
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In the case of a two-dimensional spherical surface it would simply reproduce the sphere.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Edam cheeses are small and spherical in shape.
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La Geode, in Paris, is a unique spherical building with a cinema inside.
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The earth is not quite spherical , because it is slightly flat at the poles.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Edam cheeses are small and spherical in shape.
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How did these rings fit into a spherical universe?
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In practice natural sediments are rarely composed of spherical grains, and most contain assemblages of many shapes.
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It was probably coincidence that Amy was taken with spherical shapes at this time.
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The spherical pressure hull formed the head of a flimsy, arrow-shaped structure more than a hundred yards long.
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The cylinder is therefore called intrinsically flat, although not planar, and the spherical surface is intrinsically curved.