spheroid

Other forms: spheroids

Definitions of spheroid
  1. noun
    a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes
    “it looked like a sphere but on closer examination I saw it was really a spheroid”
    synonyms: ellipsoid of revolution
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    type of:
    round shape
    a shape that is curved and without sharp angles
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