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sphe⋅roid

  [sfeer-oid] Geometry
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–noun
1. a solid geometrical figure similar in shape to a sphere, as an ellipsoid.
–adjective
2. spheroidal.
Origin:
1655–65; < L sphaeroīdēs < Gk sphairoeids. See sphere, -oid
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spher·oid   (sfîr'oid', sfěr'-)   
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·roi'dal (-oid'l), sphe·roi'dic (-oi'dĭk) adj., sphe·roi'dal·ly adv., sphe'roi·dic'i·ty (-dĭs'ĭ-tē) n.
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spheroid spher·oid (sfēr'oid', sfěr'-) or sphe·roi·dal (sfĭ-roid'l)
adj.
Having a generally spherical shape.

spher'oid' n.

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