sphero-

a combining form representing sphere, in compound words:

spherometer.

Also, sphaero-, -sphere; especially before a vowel, spher-.

Related Words

spherometer
spheroplast

sphero-
combining form
⇨ see spher-

sphero-|ˈsfɪərəʊ|var. of sphæro-, used as combining form of sphere n. (cf. F. sphéro-) in various terms, chiefly scientific and technical, as spheroˈcobaltite Min. = sphærocobaltite s.v. sphæro-; spheroˈconic Math., spherocyˈlindric a. (see quots.); sphero-cyˈlindrical a., (of a lens) having a spherical and a cylindrical surface; ˈspherogram Math. (see quots.); ˈspherograph Naut., a device serving to facilitate the calculation of spherical problems; spheˈrology, the science, study, or theory of the sphere; † spheˈromachy [L. sphæromachia, Gr. σϕαιροµαχία] (see quot.); spheroˈmaniac, one who is passionately fond of playing at bowls; spheroˈphyric, a. Min. (see quot.); ˈspheroplast Biol. [-plast], a bacterium or plant cell bound by its plasma membrane, the cell wall being deficient or lacking and the whole having a spherical form; hence ˈspheroplasting vbl. n., treatment (as with an enzyme) that converts cells to spheroplasts; ˈspheroplasted a.; spheroˈpolar a. Geom., spheroˈquartic Math., spheroˈsiderite Min. (see quots.); spheroˈstilbite Min., a variety of stilbite, having the form of radiated spheres; spherosyˈmmetrical a., spherically symmetrical.Also, in recent works or Dicts., spherobacteria, sphero-crystal, sphero-mere, etc.1889Cent. Dict., *Spherocobaltite.1924Amer. Mineralogist IX. 61 Spherocobaltite.1975Soviet Physics—Crystallogr. XX. 74/1 The reaction involved in the synthesis of CoCO₂ has been studied in connection with the problem of growing single crystals of spherocobaltite.1867Brande & Cox Dict. Sci., etc. III. 532/1 *Spheroconic, the section of a sphere by a quadric cone having its vertex at the centre.1871[see spheroquartic].1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 541 If a cylinder intersect a sphere of greater diameter than the cylinder, the arch is called a *sphero-cylindric arch.1881*Sphero-cylindrical [see astigmatic a. 2].1962L. S. Sasieni Optical Dispensing x. 264 A toric lens is a curved sphero-cylindrical lens.1870Cayley Math. Papers (1894) VII. 403 In the figures called ‘*spherograms’..the representation of a hemisphere is all that is required.1858Merc. Marine Mag. V. 231 The *Spherograph, invented by Mr. Saxby, will shew..the true bearing of the Sun at any time throughout the day.1867Brande & Cox Dict. Sci., etc. III. 532/1 Spherograph, an instrument invented for the practical application of spherics to navigation. By its aid any possible spherical triangle can be constructed without dividers or scales.1656Blount Glossogr., *Spheromachy, playing at Tennis, or Bowling.1906Gentl. Mag. Dec. 631 To us as to all *spheromaniacs, a good game at bowls is the finest sport in the world.1895Dana Man. Geol. (ed. 4) 77 The kind of mineral is indicated by the terms orthophyric, if orthoclase;..*spherophyric, if containing spherical concretions, etc.1958C. Hurwitz et al. Jrnl. Bacteriol. LXXVI. 612/2 Lederberg (1956) has referred to these forms as protoplasts. In view of current uncertainty as to the fate of the cell wall in this case, we shall use ‘*spheroplasts’ (McQuillen, 1958, personal communication) as a neutral term.Ibid. 613/2 Spheroplasts are osmotically fragile in a hypotonic environment.1976Ann. Rev. Microbiol. XXX. 42 Conversion of these cells to spheroplasts results in the release of periplasmic proteins into the supernatant.1973Jrnl. Bacteriol. CXVI. 491/1 *Spheroplasted cells were found to lose endonuclease I from periplasm to surrounding medium.1965Acta Path. Microbiol. Scand. LXIII. 412 The mechanism of the..*spheroplasting effect of the incubation temperature is not obvious.1973Jrnl. Bacteriol. CXVI. 493/2 Spheroplasting does not affect gamma-ray induced DNA degradation in E. coli CRthy^--.1867Brande & Cox Dict. Sci., etc. III. 532/1 *Sphero-polar Reciprocal, [see] Polar Reciprocal.1871Casey in Phil. Trans. CLXI. 585 On this account I have called this species of cyclide..a *sphero-quartic... The sphero-quartic is the intersection of a sphere and a cone.Ibid., A sphero-quartic is the envelope of a variable circle whose centre moves along the sphero-conic, and which cuts the circle J orthogonally.1836T. Thomson Min., Geol., etc. I. 444 Carbonate of Iron. Brownspar,..*spherosiderite, spathose iron.1862Dana Min. 247 The globular concretions found in some amygdaloids or lavas have been called spherosiderite.1843Portlock Geol. 222 At Portrush it [Stilbite] occurs white, (? Spherostilbite,) in implanted globules.1964Progress Reaction Kinetics II. 299 The ions SO₄^-- and F^-..both can be considered as fairly *spherosymmetrical.

sphero- /ˈsfɪərəʊ/ combining form.

ORIGIN: Var. of sphaero-, alt. after sphere noun, or directly from sphere noun + -o-.

Spherical or partly spherical in form; having or consisting of spherical parts; pertaining to spheres.

DERIVATIVE sphero-cyˈlindrical adjective (of a lens) having a spherical and a cylindrical surface L19.
spherograph noun (Nautical) a device designed to facilitate the calculation of spherical problems M19.
spheˈrometer noun an instrument for measuring the sphericity or curvature of bodies or surfaces E19.
spheroplast noun (Biology) a bacterium or plant cell bound by its plasma membrane, the cell wall being deficient or lacking and the whole having a spherical form M20.
spheroplasting verbal noun treatment (as with an enzyme) that converts cells to spheroplasts M20.

sphero-
— see sphaer-

词汇	sphero-
词根词缀	AHD Dictionary.com MWCD OED SOED Webster sphero- 或 spher- pref.（前缀） Sphere: 前缀，表示“球形，球面”： spherometer. 球面曲率计语源 Latin sphaero- 拉丁语 sphaero- from Greek sphairo- 源自希腊语 sphairo- from sphaira [sphere] 源自 sphaira [球形，球面] sphero- 1 a combining form representing sphere, in compound words: spherometer. Also, sphaero-, -sphere; especially before a vowel, spher-. Related Words spherometer spheroplast sphero- combining form ⇨ see spher- sphero-\|ˈsfɪərəʊ\|var. of sphæro-, used as combining form of sphere n. (cf. F. sphéro-) in various terms, chiefly scientific and technical, as spheroˈcobaltite Min. = sphærocobaltite s.v. sphæro-; spheroˈconic Math., spherocyˈlindric a. (see quots.); sphero-cyˈlindrical a., (of a lens) having a spherical and a cylindrical surface; ˈspherogram Math. (see quots.); ˈspherograph Naut., a device serving to facilitate the calculation of spherical problems; spheˈrology, the science, study, or theory of the sphere; † spheˈromachy [L. sphæromachia, Gr. σϕαιροµαχία] (see quot.); spheroˈmaniac, one who is passionately fond of playing at bowls; spheroˈphyric, a. Min. (see quot.); ˈspheroplast Biol. [-plast], a bacterium or plant cell bound by its plasma membrane, the cell wall being deficient or lacking and the whole having a spherical form; hence ˈspheroplasting vbl. n., treatment (as with an enzyme) that converts cells to spheroplasts; ˈspheroplasted a.; spheroˈpolar a. Geom., spheroˈquartic Math., spheroˈsiderite Min. (see quots.); spheroˈstilbite Min., a variety of stilbite, having the form of radiated spheres; spherosyˈmmetrical a., spherically symmetrical.Also, in recent works or Dicts., *spherobacteria, sphero-crystal, sphero-mere, etc.1889Cent. Dict., Spherocobaltite.1924Amer. Mineralogist IX. 61 Spherocobaltite.1975Soviet Physics—Crystallogr. XX. 74/1 The reaction involved in the synthesis of CoCO₂ has been studied in connection with the problem of growing single crystals of spherocobaltite.1867Brande & Cox Dict. Sci., etc. III. 532/1 Spheroconic, the section of a sphere by a quadric cone having its vertex at the centre.1871[see spheroquartic].1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic* 541 If a cylinder intersect a sphere of greater diameter than the cylinder, the arch is called a sphero-cylindric arch.1881Sphero-cylindrical [see astigmatic a. 2].1962L. S. Sasieni Optical Dispensing x. 264 A toric lens is a curved sphero-cylindrical lens.1870Cayley Math. Papers (1894) VII. 403 In the figures called ‘spherograms’..the representation of a hemisphere is all that is required.1858Merc. Marine Mag. V. 231 The Spherograph, invented by Mr. Saxby, will shew..the true bearing of the Sun at any time throughout the day.1867Brande & Cox Dict. Sci., etc. III. 532/1 Spherograph, an instrument invented for the practical application of spherics to navigation. By its aid any possible spherical triangle can be constructed without dividers or scales.1656Blount Glossogr., Spheromachy, playing at Tennis, or Bowling.1906Gentl. Mag. Dec. 631 To us as to all spheromaniacs, a good game at bowls is the finest sport in the world.1895Dana Man. Geol. (ed. 4) 77 The kind of mineral is indicated by the terms orthophyric, if orthoclase;..spherophyric, if containing spherical concretions, etc.1958C. Hurwitz et al.* Jrnl. Bacteriol. LXXVI. 612/2 Lederberg (1956) has referred to these forms as protoplasts. In view of current uncertainty as to the fate of the cell wall in this case, we shall use ‘spheroplasts’ (McQuillen, 1958, personal communication) as a neutral term.Ibid. 613/2 Spheroplasts are osmotically fragile in a hypotonic environment.1976Ann. Rev. Microbiol. XXX. 42 Conversion of these cells to spheroplasts results in the release of periplasmic proteins into the supernatant.1973Jrnl. Bacteriol. CXVI. 491/1 Spheroplasted cells were found to lose endonuclease I from periplasm to surrounding medium.1965Acta Path. Microbiol. Scand. LXIII. 412 The mechanism of the..spheroplasting effect of the incubation temperature is not obvious.1973Jrnl. Bacteriol. CXVI. 493/2 Spheroplasting does not affect gamma-ray induced DNA degradation in E. coli CRthy^--.1867Brande & Cox Dict. Sci., etc. III. 532/1 Sphero-polar Reciprocal, [see] Polar Reciprocal.1871Casey in Phil. Trans. CLXI. 585 On this account I have called this species of cyclide..a sphero-quartic... The sphero-quartic is the intersection of a sphere and a cone.Ibid., A sphero-quartic is the envelope of a variable circle whose centre moves along the sphero-conic, and which cuts the circle J orthogonally.1836T. Thomson Min., Geol., etc. I. 444 Carbonate of Iron. Brownspar,..spherosiderite, spathose iron.1862Dana Min. 247 The globular concretions found in some amygdaloids or lavas have been called spherosiderite.1843Portlock Geol. 222 At Portrush it [Stilbite] occurs white, (? Spherostilbite,) in implanted globules.1964Progress Reaction Kinetics II. 299 The ions SO₄^-- and F^-..both can be considered as fairly spherosymmetrical. sphero- /ˈsfɪərəʊ/ combining form. ORIGIN: Var. of sphaero-, alt. after sphere noun, or directly from sphere noun + -o-. Spherical or partly spherical in form; having or consisting of spherical parts; pertaining to spheres. DERIVATIVE sphero-cyˈlindrical adjective (of a lens) having a spherical and a cylindrical surface L19. spherograph noun (Nautical) a device designed to facilitate the calculation of spherical problems M19. spheˈrometer noun an instrument for measuring the sphericity or curvature of bodies or surfaces E19. spheroplast noun (Biology) a bacterium or plant cell bound by its plasma membrane, the cell wall being deficient or lacking and the whole having a spherical form M20. spheroplasting verbal noun treatment (as with an enzyme) that converts cells to spheroplasts M20. sphero-* — see sphaer-
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