spheroid
spheroid
adj.
spheroidal, having a shape that is almost spherical
n.
geometrical figure having a shape that is almost spherical
Spheroid
spheroid
Noun
1. 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
(hypernym) round shape
spheroid
n.
sféroid
Spheroid
(n.)
A body or figure approaching to a sphere, but not perfectly spherical; esp., a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its axes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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