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Spheroid

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Spheroid is an adjective meaning Of a shape similar to a squashed sphere.

Meaning

Of a shape similar to a squashed sphere.

More Meanings

  1. A solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about its major (prolate), or minor (oblate) axis.

Example Sentences

UFOs are reported as being either oblate (saucer-shaped) or prolate (cigar-shaped) spheroids.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include prolate, round, oblate, spheroidical, spheroidic, spheriform.

prolateroundoblatespheroidicalspheroidicspheriformsemispheroidalsubsphericalsphericalsubspheroidalhypersphericalquasispheroidalsubspheroidhemisphericalhemispheroidpseudospherical

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