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spheroid

noun

spher·​oid ˈsfir-ˌȯid How to pronounce spheroid (audio)
ˈsfer-
: a figure resembling a sphere
also : an object of approximately spherical shape
spheroidal adjective
or less commonly spheroid
spheroidally adverb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web That has a physical difference when gripping an object shaped like a prolate spheroid. Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2022 The live feed appears on a spheroid TV that looks like an astronaut’s helmet and directly faces the Buddha. Washington Post, 31 July 2021 Because the Earth rotates, that shape gets compressed at the poles and bulges in the middle, forming a shape known as an oblate spheroid. Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021 To take the curvature of the Earth into account, surveyors used spheroid models—rough, rounder precursors to the more mathematically complex ellipsoid models. Freddie Wilkinson, National Geographic, 28 Sep. 2020 In some cases, material from this disk forms a blob-like spheroid, but the YORP effect continues to shape it. Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2020 But Earth is an oblate spheroid, meaning a 3D shape created by an ellipsis that’s rotating around its shorter axis—like a more rounded jelly donut. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 12 Feb. 2020 The nucleus is a prolate spheroid, like a rugby ball, and should lead to discovery of more wobbly isotopes. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 12 Feb. 2020 The team created a model of the ventral region by adding an extra protein to cortical spheroids at just the right time. Simon Makin, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1570, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of spheroid was in 1570

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