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spheroid (iou)



spheroid noun & adjective. L16.
[Latin sphaeroides from Greek sphairoeides, from sphaira: see SPHERE noun, -OID.]
A. noun. A body resembling or approximating to a sphere in shape; esp. one formed by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its axes. L16.
D. Brewster The earth is an oblate spheroid.
b. adjective. = SPHEROIDAL adjective 1. M18.
sphe'roidical adjective (now rare) = SPHEROIDAL adjective 1 L17.
spheroi'dicity noun (rare) the state or character of being spheroidal M19.
spheroidism noun (rare) the fact of being a spheroid E18.