Shaped like a globe or ball; round and three-dimensional rather than flat.
From Latin 'globularis,' derived from 'globulus' (a small sphere), with the suffix '-ar' meaning relating to. Entered English in the 1600s as scientific observation became more precise.
Astronomers realized that gravity naturally creates globular shapes—that's why planets, stars, and even massive celestial clusters (called globular clusters) are almost always round!
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