spheroid
pronunciation
How to pronounce spheroid in British English:
UK [ˈsfɪərɔɪd]
How to pronounce spheroid in American English:
US [ˈsfɪrɔɪd]
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- Noun:
- a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes
Word Origin
- spheroid (n.)
- "body resembling, but not identical with, a sphere," 1560s, from Latin sphaeroides, from Greek sphairoeides "ball-like, spherical," from sphaira (see sphere) + -oeides "form" (see -oid). As an adjective from 1767. Related: Spheroidal.
Example
- 1. The research status of high-precision spheroid lapping methods .
- 2. Berry spheroid , fleshy or subligneous .
- 3. This little spheroid sports thousands of tiny hairs around the outer edge of its body called cilia that propel it at lightning speeds through freshwater scum .
- 4. The earth is a spheroid .
- 5. The professor is describing the definition of spheroid to us .