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spheroid

5 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. spheroid (noun)
  2. Clarke's spheroid (noun)
  3. mean spheroid (noun)
  4. prolate spheroid (noun)
  5. standard spheroid (noun)

spher·oid

noun \ˈsfir-ˌȯid, ˈsfer-\

Definition of SPHEROID

: a figure resembling a sphere; also : an object of approximately spherical shape
— sphe·roi·dal \sfi-ˈrȯi-dəl\ also spheroid adjective
— sphe·roi·dal·ly \-dəl-ē\ adverb
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First Known Use of SPHEROID

1570

Rhymes with SPHEROID

android, avoid, chancroid, colloid, conoid, crinoid, cuboid, cycloid, deltoid, dendroid, devoid, discoid, factoid, fibroid, fungoid, ganoid, globoid, hydroid, hypnoid, keloid, mastoid, mucoid, ovoid, prismoid, pygmoid, rhizoid, rhomboid, schizoid, scombroid, sigmoid, steroid, styloid, tabloid, thalloid, thyroid, toroid, toxoid, trochoid, typhoid, Veddoid, viroid

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