SPHEROIDAL

ellipsoid, ellipsoidal, spheroidal

(adjective) having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

spheroidal (comparative more spheroidal, superlative most spheroidal)

Like a spheroid; roughly spherical.

Noun

spheroidal (plural spheroidals)

A spheroid

Source: Wiktionary


Sphe*roid"al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. sphéroïdal.]

Definition: Having the form of a spheroid.

– Sphe*roid"al*ly, adv. Spheroidal state (Physics.), the state of a liquid, as water, when, on being thrown on a surface of highly heated metal, it rolls about in spheroidal drops or masses, at a temperature several degrees below ebullition, and without actual contact with the heated surface, -- a phenomenon due to the repulsive force of heat, the intervention of a cushion of nonconducting vapor, and the cooling effect of evaporation.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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