Synonyms for spheroid
Grammar : Adj, noun |
Spell : sfeer-oid |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsfɪər ɔɪd |
Top 10 synonyms for spheroid Other synonyms for the word spheroid
- annular
- apple
- arced
- arched
- arciform
- ball
- balloon
- bent
- big blue marble
- bowed
- circinate
- circling
- circular
- coiled
- curvilinear
- discoid
- disk-shaped
- disklike
- domical
- drop
- egg-shaped
- globoid
- globose
- globular
- globule
- indirect
- looped
- oblique
- orb
- orbed
- orbicular
- orbiculate
- pellet
- pill
- ring-shaped
- ringed
- rondure
- rotund
- round
- spheroid
- spiral
- terrene
- world
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
- 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
Antonyms for spheroid
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