GLOBAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does global mean? 

• GLOBAL (adjective)
  The adjective GLOBAL has 2 senses:

1. involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope

2. having the shape of a sphere or ball

  Familiarity information: GLOBAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLOBAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope

Synonyms:

global; planetary; world; world-wide; worldwide

Context example:

of worldwide significance

Similar:

international (concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations)

Derivation:

globe (the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having the shape of a sphere or ball

Synonyms:

ball-shaped; global; globose; globular; orbicular; spheric; spherical

Context example:

little globular houses like mud-wasp nests

Similar:

circular; round (having the shape or form of a circle)

Derivation:

globe (an object with a spherical shape)

 Context examples 

Test names of questionnaire questions associated with the clinical global impression (CGI) for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC Questionnaire CGI Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

However, unlike Pluto, it does not have a global atmosphere.

(Brazil astronomers discover ring around dwarf planet near Pluto, Agência Brasil)

A coded value specifying the phase in the lifecycle of the activity as part of a global library.

(Defined Activity Status Code, NCI Thesaurus)

Test codes of questionnaire questions associated with the clinical global impression (CGI) for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC Questionnaire CGI Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

She says the Arctic is warming at about twice the rate of the global temperature increase.

(World Meteorological Org.: Arctic Warming Appears Irreversible, VOA)

The nutrient phosphate may be less abundant in the global ocean than previously thought.

(Study reveals new patterns of key ocean nutrient, National Science Foundation)

This instrument contains objective and subjective sections, as well as a global clinical assessment of akathisia.

(Barnes Akathisia Rating Scale Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

The study was an unprecedented global effort by over 200 scientists who work with the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium.

(Forty-Four Genomic Variants Linked to Major Depression, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

An activity defined at a global library level that identifies a characteristic or requirement intended to be applied to a potential study subject to determine whether they may participate in a study.

(Defined Exclusion Criterion, NCI Thesaurus)

Their distribution throughout the dwarf planet's crust indicates Ceres' surface material has been altered by a global process involving water.

(Ceres' Geological Activity, Ice Revealed in New Research, NASA)