The Collaborative International Dictionary
Orbicular \Or*bic"u*lar\, a. [L. orbicularis, fr. orbiculus, dim. of orbis orb: cf. F. orbiculaire.] 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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"round, circular, spherical," mid-15c., from Old French orbiculaire "round, circular," or directly from Late Latin orbicularis "circular, orbicular," from Latin orbiculus, diminutive of orbis "circle" (see orb). Related: Orbicularity.
Wiktionary
a. circular or spherical in shape; round.
WordNet
adj. circular or nearly circular [syn: orbiculate]
having the shape of a sphere or ball; "a spherical object"; "nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey [syn: ball-shaped, global, globose, globular, spheric, spherical]
Wikipedia
Orbicular means circular and may refer to:
- A leaf shape
- Orbicularis oculi muscle, a muscle around the eye
- Orbicularis oris muscle, a muscle around the mouth
- Orbicular_batfish, a species of fish
- Caracanthus, the orbicular velvet fishes
- Orbicular granite
- Orbicular jasper
Usage examples of "orbicular".
Johnny stood in the doorway, still cradling the herbicidal bomb, the orbicular symbol and the reality of his power.
A further slight change would convert the linear leaves of this latter species into the oblong leaves of Drosera anglica, and these might easily pass into orbicular ones with footstalks, like those of Drosera rotundifolia.
The orbicular muscles contract almost simultaneously with the corrugators, and produce wrinkles all round the eyes.
The eyebrows assume this position owing to the contraction of certain muscles (namely, the orbiculars, corrugators, and pyramidals of the nose, which together tend to lower and contract the eyebrows) being partially checked by the more powerful action of the central fascim of the frontal muscle.
We have an analogous case in the orbicular muscles being almost always contracted in some slight degree, even during a gentle crying-fit, when there can be no distension of the vessels and no uncomfortable sensation excited within the eyes.