spheroid

English

Alternative forms

• sphæroid (archaic)

Etymology

From sphere ‎ -oid.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

spheroid (comparative more spheroid, superlative most spheroid)

1. Of a shape similar to a squashed sphere.

Noun

spheroid (plural spheroids)

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

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

Hyponyms

• oblate spheroid
• prolate spheroid

Derived terms

• neurospheroid
• spheroidite
• spheroidize

Translations

shape similar to a sphere

• Bulgarian: сфероид m (sferoid)
• French: sphéroïde (fr) m
• Macedonian: сфероид (mk) m (sferoid)
• Romanian: sferoid (ro) n
• Russian: сферо́ид (ru) (sferóid)
• Ukrainian: сферо́їд m (sferójid)

References

• spheroid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Spheroid in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

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