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Spheroid

Spheroid Meaning & Definition
Spheroid Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Spheroid?

[n] 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Spheroid: ellipsoid of revolution

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See Also | round shape

Spheroid In Webster's Dictionary

\Sphe"roid\, n. [L. spheroides ball-like, spherical, Gr. ???; ???? sphere + ??? form: cf. F. sph['e]ro["i]de.] 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. {Oblate spheroid}, {Prolate spheroid}. See {Oblate}, {Prolate}, and {Ellipsoid}.

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