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SPHEROIDAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spheroidal mean?
• SPHEROIDAL (adjective)
The adjective SPHEROIDAL has 1 sense:
1. having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid
Familiarity information: SPHEROIDAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid
Synonyms:
ellipsoid; ellipsoidal; spheroidal
Similar:
rounded (curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged)
Derivation:
spheroid (a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes)
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