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In general the studies kept the airway spheroids embedded and immobilized in a protein-rich gel called Matrigel.
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Philip Ball, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
But tiny glass spheroids riddle the lunar regolith—the rock chips and other loose material covering the lunar surface.
—Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023
With such a resume, H. erectus may have possessed the know-how to fashion a spheroid.
—Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
The authors argue that such large numbers of spheroids could only have come from human hands.
—Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
But because the earth is an oblate spheroid, the sea level at the Equator is some 14 miles farther from the center of the earth than the sea level at the North Pole.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2023
Unlike baseball or basketball, the American football relies on a spiral rotation because of its prolate spheroid shape.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 6 Feb. 2023
Planet Earth is shaped more like an oblate spheroid which looks like a flatter circle.
—Emy Rodriguez Flores, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2023
That has a physical difference when gripping an object shaped like a prolate spheroid.
—Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2022
Philip Ball, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
But tiny glass spheroids riddle the lunar regolith—the rock chips and other loose material covering the lunar surface.
—Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023
With such a resume, H. erectus may have possessed the know-how to fashion a spheroid.
—Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
The authors argue that such large numbers of spheroids could only have come from human hands.
—Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
But because the earth is an oblate spheroid, the sea level at the Equator is some 14 miles farther from the center of the earth than the sea level at the North Pole.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2023
Unlike baseball or basketball, the American football relies on a spiral rotation because of its prolate spheroid shape.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 6 Feb. 2023
Planet Earth is shaped more like an oblate spheroid which looks like a flatter circle.
—Emy Rodriguez Flores, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2023
That has a physical difference when gripping an object shaped like a prolate spheroid.
—Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2022
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spheroid
noun
spher·oid
ˈsfi(ə)r-ˌȯid 
ˈsfe(ə)r-
: a figure resembling a flattened sphere
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