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Synonyms for spheroid

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : sfeer-oid

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsfɪər ɔɪd

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Définition of spheroid

Origin : 1660s, from Latin sphaeroides, from Greek sphairoeides, from sphaira (see sphere) + -oeides "form" (see -oid).

As in round : adj ball-shaped; semicircular area
As in circular : adj going around
As in spheric : adj round
As in ball : noun globe, sphere
As in globe : noun earth, sphere

Example sentences :

Indignantly he had taken his calculations, his blue prints of the spheroid, along with him.
Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner

Its shape is not absolutely spherical, but spheroid—that is, flattened at the poles.
Extract from : « Astronomy for Amateurs » by Camille Flammarion

The spheroid went to the side, sailing low, and out of bounds.
Extract from : « A Quarter-Back's Pluck » by Lester Chadwick

There was a futile attempt to block the kick, but the spheroid sailed over the bar.
Extract from : « A Quarter-Back's Pluck » by Lester Chadwick

The earth is a spheroid, and hence it pulls and is pulled by the moon with a slightly uncentric attraction.
Extract from : « Pioneers of Science » by Oliver Lodge

Surrounding these tubules are groups of spheroid or slightly ovoid spores from five to four millimeters in diameter.
Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various

The head is spheroid, about the size of that of an ordinary pin, and smaller than that of the beef tape-worm.
Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various

And while the density of the spheroid continues small, fluid friction will scarcely at all change these differences.
Extract from : « Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I » by Herbert Spencer

But now suppose that instead of such a spheroid, we assume one of, say, twenty or thirty times the mass; what will then happen?
Extract from : « Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I » by Herbert Spencer

It was a spheroid, of huge size, with a number of large windows set into the walls, and it was filled with machinery.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various

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