sphericity

English

Etymology

From spheric +‎ -ity. In the geometrical sense, defined by the geologist Hakon Wadell in 1935.

Noun

sphericity (countable and uncountable, plural sphericities)

1. (chiefly uncountable) The quality of being spherical, being a sphere.
2. (geometry, countable) The ratio of the surface area of a given particle to the surface area of a sphere with the same volume.

Synonyms

• (being a sphere): sphericality, sphericalness, sphereness; orbicularity, roundness

Translations

quality of being spherical

• Arabic: كُرَوِيَّة f (kurawiyya)
• Finnish: pallonmuotoisuus
• French: sphéricité (fr) f
• Galician: esfericidade (gl) f
• German: Kugelförmigkeit f
• Irish: sféarúlacht f
• Korean: 구형성 (guhyeongseong)
• Polish: sferyczność f

ratio of particle surface area to sphere surface area

• Finnish: pallonmuotoisuus
• German: Sphärizität f
• Korean: 구형도 (guhyeongdo)

See also

• sphericity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia