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spheroid

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spher·oid  (sfîroid, sfr-)
n.
A body that is shaped like a sphere but is not perfectly round, especially an ellipsoid that is generated by revolving an ellipse around one of its axes.
sphe·roidal (-oidl), sphe·roidic (-oidk) adj.
sphe·roidal·ly adv.
spheroi·dici·ty (-ds-t) n.
spheroid [ˈsfɪərɔɪd]
n
(Mathematics) Maths another name for ellipsoid of revolution
spheroid  (sfîroid)
A three-dimensional geometric surface generated by rotating an ellipse on or about one of its axes.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.spheroidspheroid - a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes; "it looked like a sphere but on closer examination I saw it was really a spheroid"
ellipsoid of revolution
round shape - a shape that is curved and without sharp angles
Translations
spheroid [ˈsfɪərɔɪd] N → esferoide m
spheroid
n (Geometry) → Rotationsellipsoid nt


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He thus obtained a spheroid, the capacity of which amounted, in round numbers, to ninety thousand cubic feet.
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