Why don't you respect the etiquette and tradition of geometry?
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The Earth is a spherical planet
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The earth is a "planet" but not all planets are "earth".
The "common objects with this shape" portion of that is wrong. Planets are not spherical. Oranges are not spherical. The main text of that is correct.
You're pointing out the definition of "sphere", not "spherical".
Spherical doesn't not imply perfect symmetry, unless of course you use the adjective "perfect" in front of it.
You can say it as many times as you want. Only a sphere is spherical. A spherical thing is either spherical or not. If it's not perfectly spherical then it's not spherical.
Spherical describes the shape of a "sphere". What you mean to say is "spheroidal".
I get it. I don't like being called out on being wrong. No one likes it. But you're wrong. Live with it.
Why did you need to use the adjective "perfectly"?
I'll tell you why, because it doesn't apply to "spherical" all by itself.
noun
noun: sphere; plural noun: spheres
1.
a round solid figure, or its surface, with every point on its surface equidistant from its center.
noun: sphere; plural noun: spheres
1.
a round solid figure, or its surface, with every point on its surface equidistant from its center.
A sphere, or any spherical thing, is perfectly spherical or it's not spherical at all.
The Earth is not a spherical planet. It is spheroidal.
Spheroidal does not equal spherical.
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