About The Word Spheroid
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Spheroid
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Spheroid: 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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