spheroid

English

Alternative forms

sphæroid (archaic)

Etymology

sphere +‎ -oid

Pronunciation

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Adjective

spheroid (comparative more spheroid, superlative most spheroid)

Of a shape similar to a squashed sphere.

Noun

spheroid (plural spheroids)

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

Translations

shape similar to a sphere

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

References

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

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