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spheroid definition

sphe·roid (sfir′o̵id)

noun

a body that is almost but not quite a sphere, esp. one generated by the rotation of an ellipse about one of its axes

Etymology: L sphaeroides < Gr sphairoeidēs: see sphere & -oid

adjective

of this shape
also spheroidal sphe·roi′·dal

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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