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Spheroid

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Noun

1. ellipsoid of revolution, spheroid

a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes

Example Sentences:
'it looked like a sphere but on closer examination I saw it was really a spheroid'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Spheroid

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noun
1. mathematics another name for ellipsoid of revolution
adjective
2. 
shaped like but not exactly a sphere

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Spheroid

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noun
1. 
a body that is almost but not quite a sphere, esp. one generated by the rotation of an ellipse about one of its axes
adjective
2. 
of this shape
: also spheˈroidal

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Spheroid

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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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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