- spheroid as a noun:
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spheroid
noun
1 spheroid
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.
synonym: ellipsoid of revolution.
Roget 249: rotundity; roundness etc. adj.; cylindricity†; sphericity, spheroidity†; globosity†. cylinder, cylindroid†, cylindrical; barrel, drum; roll, ... show more
Polish: sferoida
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