rotundity

Roget category 249

2. Words relating to space
› 2.3. Form
›› 2.3.2. Special form

#249. Rotundity

noun

rotundity — roundness etc. adj. — cylindricity^† — sphericity, spheroidity^† — globosity^†.
cylinder, cylindroid^†, cylindrical — barrel, drum — roll, roller — rouleau^†, column, rolling-pin, rundle.
cone, conoid^† — pear shape, egg shape, bell shape.
sphere, globe, ball, boulder, bowlder^† — spheroid, ellipsoid — oblong spheroid — oblate spheroid, prolate spheroid — drop, spherule, globule, vesicle, bulb, bullet, pellet, pelote^†, clew, pill, marble, pea, knob, pommel, horn — knot (convolution) 248.
curved surface, hypersphere — hyperdimensional surface.

verb

render spherical etc. adj. — form into a sphere, sphere, roll into a ball — give rotundity etc. n. — round.

adjective

rotund — round etc. (circular) 247 — cylindric, cylindrical, cylindroid^† — columnar, lumbriciform^† — conic, conical — spherical, spheroidal — globular, globated^†, globous^†, globose — egg shaped, bell shaped, pear shaped — ovoid, oviform — gibbous — rixiform^† — campaniform^†, campanulate^†, campaniliform^† — fungiform^†, bead-like, moniliform^†, pyriform^†, bulbous — tres atque rotundus [Lat.] — round as an orange, round as an apple, round as a ball, round as a billiard ball, round as a cannon ball.

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