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sphaeroid

sphaeroid is the archaic spelling of spheroid.

Meaning of spheroid

Noun

spheroid (plural spheroids)

  1. A solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about its major (prolate), or minor (oblate) axis.
    • UFOs are reported as being either oblate (saucer-shaped) or prolate (cigar-shaped) spheroids.

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Forms of sphaeroid

pluralsphaeroids

Questions about sphaeroid

What is sphaeroid the archaic spelling of?
Sphaeroid is the archaic spelling of spheroid.

Words near sphaeroid in the dictionary

  1. sphaerocrystals
  2. sphaerocyst
  3. sphaerocysts
  4. sphaerodactylid
  5. sphaerodactylids
  6. sphaeroid
  7. sphaeroids
  8. sphaeromatid
  9. sphaeromatids
  10. sphaeronectid
  11. sphaeronectids

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