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spheroid

spheroid adjective: of a shape similar to a squashed sphere.

Adjective

spheroid (comparative more spheroid, superlative most spheroid)

  1. Of a shape similar to a squashed sphere.

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.

spheroid meaning in Tamil

spheroid in Tamil

நீள்கோளம், கோளவுரு, காளவடுவு, வளைவு அளவி, கோளப்போலி

Forms of spheroid

Adjective
comparativemore spheroid
superlativemost spheroid
alternative form (archaic)sphæroid
Noun
pluralspheroids

Origin of spheroid

From sphere + -oid.

Words formed from spheroid

Phrases with spheroid

Questions about spheroid

What does spheroid mean?
Spheroid means of a shape similar to a squashed sphere.
What is spheroid in Tamil?
Spheroid in Tamil is நீள்கோளம், கோளவுரு, காளவடுவு. See Spheroid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is spheroid?
Spheroid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near spheroid in the dictionary

  1. spheroforms
  2. spherogenesis
  3. spherogenic
  4. spherograph
  5. spherographs
  6. spheroid
  7. spheroidal
  8. spheroidally
  9. spheroidals
  10. spheroidene
  11. spheroidenone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spheroid (page history and authors); spheroid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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