sphericity
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As each pearl came in, experts scrutinized; demanded flawless texture, absolute sphericity, iridescent blush.
From Time Magazine Archive
Item, symmetry: for earrings or a single pendant, the teardrop pearl is still fashionable, but for necklaces, bracelets, and tiaras, perfect sphericity is required.
From Time Magazine Archive
They chose the Andes because they needed to measure near the equator, to determine if there really was a difference in sphericity there, and because they reasoned that mountains would give them good sightlines.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
By Eratosthenes’ time, most of those who thought seriously about such questions believed in the sphericity of the earth.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
As thus the case of sphericity is not an exactly parallel one, intelligence may very well produce an effect similar to itself.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 by Thibaut, George
