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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Globular \Glob"u*lar\, a. [Cf. F. globulaire.]
     Globe-shaped; having the form of a ball or sphere; spherical,
     or nearly so; as, globular atoms. --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Globular chart, a chart of the earth's surface constructed
        on the principles of the globular projection.
  
     Globular projection (Map Projection), a perspective
        projection of the surface of a hemisphere upon a plane
        parallel to the base of the hemisphere, the point of sight
        being taken in the axis produced beyond the surface of the
        opposite hemisphere a distance equal to the radius of the
        sphere into the sine of 45[deg].
  
     Globular sailing, sailing on the arc of a great circle, or
        so as to make the shortest distance between two places;
        circular sailing.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Globular \Glob"u*lar\, a. [Cf. F. globulaire.]
     Globe-shaped; having the form of a ball or sphere; spherical,
     or nearly so; as, globular atoms. --Milton.
  
     Globular chart, a chart of the earth's surface constructed
        on the principles of the globular projection.
  
     Globular projection (Map Projection), a perspective
        projection of the surface of a hemisphere upon a plane
        parallel to the base of the hemisphere, the point of sight
        being taken in the axis produced beyond the surface of the
        opposite hemisphere a distance equal to the radius of the
        sphere into the sine of 45[deg].
  
     Globular sailing, sailing on the arc of a great circle, or
        so as to make the shortest distance between two places;
        circular sailing.

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