a. [ Hydro-, 2 + sorbic. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from sorbic acid when this takes up hydrogen; as, hydrosorbic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. orbicus, or orbitus, fr. orbis orb. ] Spherical; orbicular; orblike; circular. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. orbiculus, dim. of orbis orb. ] A small orb, or sphere. [ Obs. ] G. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Orbicle. ] (Zool.) Same as Discina. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Orbicular as the disk of a planet. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is orbiculate; especially, a solid the vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. orbiculatus. See Orbicular. ] Made, or being, in the form of an orb; having a circular, or nearly circular, or a spheroidal, outline. [ 1913 Webster ]

Orbiculate leaf (Bot.), a leaf whose outline is nearly circular. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being orbiculate; orbicularness. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Plano- + orbicular. ] Plane or flat on one side, and spherical on the other. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the shape of a half orb or sphere. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. sorbique. See Sorb. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the rowan tree, or sorb; specifically, designating an acid, C&unr_;H&unr_;CO&unr_;H, of the acetylene series, found in the unripe berries of this tree, and extracted as a white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Almost orbiculate or orbicular. [ 1913 Webster ]