non-spherical
adjective
(alsononspherical)uk/ˌnɒnˈsfer.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌnɑːnˈsfer.ɪ.kəl/not having aperfectlyroundshape, like aball:
A non-sphericalprojectileislikelytoveeroffcourseandmissthetarget.
Most of theeggsthat welookedat wereobviouslynon-spherical.
- Hebeganhiscareerbystudyingnonsphericallenses.
- Largepartsof thesedimentconsisted of non-sphericalparticles.
- The earth's non-sphericalshapemeansthat thesesatellitesslowlydriftaway fromtheirintendedpositions.
- Thephotographssentby thespaceprobeshow that theasteroidhas aroundedbut non-sphericalshape.
Geometrical shapes
- -cornered
- cone
- congruent
- congruently
- conic
- crescent
- decagon
- dimensional
- dome
- heptagon
- Maltese cross
- oblong
- oval
- pear-shaped
- pyramid
- right triangle
- semicircular
- simplex
- tetrahedron
- torus