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Definition: Sphericity |
SphericityNoun1. The roundness of a 3-dimensional object. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sphericity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Physics | The ratio of the surface area of a sphere having the same volume as the particle to the surface area of the particle. Source: European Union. (references) |
Statistics | Imagine an experiment in which measurements are taken for multiple groups. If the variance of the difference between the estimated means for any two different groups is the same, then the data have the property sphericity. Sphericity is usually assumed for repeated measures or randomized block analysis of variance designs. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SphericitySynonyms: globosity (n), globularness (n), rotundity (n), sphericalness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Rotundity | Rotundity; roundness; Adjective: cylindricity; sphericity, spheroidity; globosity. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sphericity |
| English words defined with "sphericity": Globularity. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Sphericity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sphericity" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sphericity | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sphericity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sferoid (spheroid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كروية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sfæricitet, kugleform. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sfericiteit, kogelverhouding. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sphéricité, coefficient de sphéricité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zirkularität, Kugelverhaeltnis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συντελεστής σφαιρικότητος, σφαιρικότησ (sphericality), σφαιρικότητα (curvature, sphericality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gömbölyûség (globosity, gloubosity, rotundity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sfericit , coefficiente di sfericit . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 구형. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | co-chruinnys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ericitysphay esfericidade (globosity, gloubosity, rotundity). (various references) sfericitate (globosity). (various references) сферичность. (various references) sfernost. (various references) esfericidad. (various references) klotformighet. (various references) küresellik (globosity), küre şeklinde olma. (various references) сферичність (rotundity), кулястість. (various references) cầu hình. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "sphericity" (pronounced 'Sphe*ric"i*ty'): Ability, Abnormality, Abnormity, Aboriginality, Absorbability, Absorptivity, Abstrusity, Absurdity, Accendibility, Accentuality, Acceptability, Accessibility, Accidentality, Acclivity, Accomplicity, Accountability, Acerbity, Acetosity, Achromaticity, Acidity, Acquirability, Acrity, Activity, Actuality, Actuosity, Acuity, Addibility, Admirability, Admiralty, Admissibility, Adorability, Aduncity, Adverbiality, Adversity, Advisability, Aeriality, Affability, Affectibility, Agaty, Agility, Agreeability, Alacrity, Alamodality, Aldermanity, Algidity, Alibility, Alienability, Alkalinity, Allotropicity, Alterability. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-h-i-i-p-r-s-t-y" | |
-1 letter: chirpiest. | |
-2 letters: christie, hysteric, picrites, pitchers, pitchier, priciest. | |
-3 letters: ceriphs, christy, ciphers, cithers, cyphers, eristic, hipster, itchier, picrite, pitcher, pitches, pithier, pitiers, pyretic, pyrites, pyritic, richest, spheric, spicery, spicier, tipsier, triceps. | |
-4 letters: ceriph, cherts, cherty, chesty, chirps, chirpy, cipher, citers, cither, cities, cripes, crispy, crypts, cypher, cypres, esprit, ethics, iciest, itches, perish, physic, pitchy. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-h-i-i-p-r-s-t-y" | |
+2 letters: hypercritics, interpsychic, psychiatries. | |
+3 letters: hyperacuities. | |
+4 letters: dryopithecines, hyperacidities, hypercriticism, hyperparasitic, hyperrealistic, hyperviscosity, peritrichously. | |
+5 letters: hyperactivities, hypercriticisms, hypertonicities, hypervelocities, prehistorically, psychohistories, psychometrician. | |
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