spheroid
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English
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]spheroid (comparative more spheroid, superlative most spheroid)
- Of a shape similar to a squashed sphere.
Noun
[edit]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.
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[edit]shape similar to a sphere
References
[edit]spheroid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Spheroid in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)