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noun
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a solid geometrical figure similar in shape to a sphere, as an ellipsoid.
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Spheroid
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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World English Dictionary
| spheroid (ˈsfɪərɔɪd) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | maths another name for ellipsoid of revolution |
| —adj | |
| 2. | shaped like but not exactly a sphere |
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
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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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
spheroid  (sfîr'oid') Pronunciation Key
A three-dimensional geometric surface generated by rotating an ellipse on or about one of its axes. |
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