spherical

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This allowed them to determine the lifetimes of the first excited nuclear states and estimate how much the nuclei were distorted from a spherical shape.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

The goal: hit all seven players on the opposing team using perfectly spherical snowballs made with a special machine, or capture their flag.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

It is impossible to draw a flat, rectangular map of the spherical Earth without distortions.

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026

That is partly the result of viewing the spherical Earth on a flat map…

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

The museum’s bottom level, located in the planet core, was a spherical room containing a shrine to the very first videogame, Tennis for Two, invented by William Higinbotham in 1958.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline