orbicular Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite circular or nearly circular
    orbiculate.
  2. adjective satellite having the shape of a sphere or ball
    spherical; ball-shaped; globular; global; spheric; globose.
    • a spherical object
    • nearly orbicular in shape
    • little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey

WordNet

Or*bic"u*lar adjective
Etymology
L. orbicularis, fr. orbiculus, dim. of orbis orb: cf. F. orbiculaire.
Definitions
  1. Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular; orbiculate. -- Or*bic"u*lar*ly, adv. -- Or*bic"u*lar*ness, n.
    Orbicular as the disk of a planet. De Quincey.

Webster 1913