Definition & Meaning of "spheroid"in English

Spheroid

(geometry) a round 3D shape like a ball that is slightly flattened at the top and bottom points

Grammatical Information

Animacy status

Inanimate

Composition

Compound

Countable

singular

not gender specific

Plural form

spheroids

Examples

The Earth is not quite a sphere but is better described as an oblate spheroid flattened at the poles.

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spheroidal

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