sphericity

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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

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

Pythagoras, 580 B.C., knew, in addition to the sphericity of the earth, the obliquity of the ecliptic, the identity of the evening and morning star, and that the earth revolves round the sun.

From The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science by Dawson, John William