spheroid

spher·oid

S0633600 (sfîr′oid′, sfĕr′-)n. A body that is shaped like a sphere but is not perfectly round, especially an ellipsoid that is generated by revolving an ellipse around one of its axes.

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sphe·roi′dal (sfĭ-roid′l), sphe·roi′dic (-roi′dĭk) adj.sphe·roi′dal·ly adv.sphe′roi·dic′i·ty (-dĭs′ĭ-tē) n.

spheroid

(ˈsfɪərɔɪd) n (Mathematics) maths another name for ellipsoid of revolutionadj (Mathematics) shaped like but not exactly a sphere

sphe•roid

(ˈsfɪər ɔɪd)
n. a solid geometrical figure similar in shape to a sphere, as an ellipsoid. [1655–65; < Latin sphaeroīdēs < Greek sphairoeidḗs. See sphere, -oid] sphe•roi′dal, adj.

sphe·roid

(sfîr′oid′) A three-dimensional geometric surface generated by rotating an ellipse on or about one of its axes.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

spheroid - 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"ellipsoid of revolutionround shape - a shape that is curved and without sharp angles

Translations

sferoide