sphericity

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As each pearl came in, experts scrutinized; demanded flawless texture, absolute sphericity, iridescent blush.

From Time Magazine Archive

Item, symmetry: for earrings or a single pendant, the teardrop pearl is still fashionable, but for necklaces, bracelets, and tiaras, perfect sphericity is required.

From Time Magazine Archive

They chose the Andes because they needed to measure near the equator, to determine if there really was a difference in sphericity there, and because they reasoned that mountains would give them good sightlines.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

By Eratosthenes’ time, most of those who thought seriously about such questions believed in the sphericity of the earth.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

The ancient Greeks, especially the Pythagoreans, Plato, and Aristotle, had evolved theories of the earth's sphericity, which, while vague, were basic for subsequent accurate ideas that developed later.

From The Necessity of Atheism by Brooks, David Marshall