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spheroid

[ sfeer-oid ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

spheroid

/ ˈsfɪərɔɪd /

spheroid

/ sfîr′oid′ /

A three-dimensional geometric surface generated by rotating an ellipse on or about one of its axes.

1655–65; < Latin sphaeroīdēs < Greek sphairoeidḗs. See sphere, -oid

Although we have for convenience termed the earth a flattened spheroid, it is only such in a very general sense.

Its shape is not absolutely spherical, but spheroid—that is, flattened at the poles.

"He loves to call a football an 'illusive spheroid,'" chuckled another chap.

Pithos, pith′os, n. a large spheroid Greek earthenware vase.

The spores of this species are spheroid-tetrahedral, the three radiating angles marked with slender vittæ, or bands.

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