Spherical
21Spherical segment — Spherical Spher ic*al, Spheric Spher ic, a. [L. sphaericus, Gr. ???: cf. F. sph[ e]rique.] 1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to a sphere. [1913 Webster] 3 …
22Spherical triangle — Spherical Spher ic*al, Spheric Spher ic, a. [L. sphaericus, Gr. ???: cf. F. sph[ e]rique.] 1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to a sphere. [1913 Webster] 3 …
23Spherical trigonometry — Spherical Spher ic*al, Spheric Spher ic, a. [L. sphaericus, Gr. ???: cf. F. sph[ e]rique.] 1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to a sphere. [1913 Webster] 3 …
24Spherical geometry — is the geometry of the two dimensional surface of a sphere. It is an example of a non Euclidean geometry. Two practical applications of the principles of spherical geometry are navigation and astronomy.In plane geometry the basic concepts are… …
25Spherical multipole moments — are the coefficients in a series expansionof a potential that varies inversely with the distance R to a source, i.e., as frac{1}{R}. Examples of such potentials are the electric potential, the magnetic potential and the gravitational… …
26Spherical astronomy — or positional astronomy is the branch of astronomy that is used to determine the location of objects on the celestial sphere, as seen at a particular date, time, and location on the Earth. This is one of the oldest branches of astronomy. It… …
27Spherical cow — is a metaphor for highly simplified scientific models of reality. The phrase comes from a joke about theoretical physicists:Milk production at a dairy farm was low so the farmer wrote to the local university, asking help from academia. A… …
28Spherical harmonic lighting — Spherical harmonic (SH) lighting is a family of real time rendering techniques that can produce highly realistic shading and shadowing with comparatively little overhead. All SH lighting techniques involve replacing parts of standard lighting… …
29Spherical Objects (band) — Spherical Objects were an important representative of the Manchester, UK based experimental independent post punk scene of the late 70s (including other more or less experimental groups like The Passage, Steve Miro The Eyes, Tirez Tirez and Grow… …
30Spherical function — can refer to* Spherical harmonics *Zonal spherical function …
