SPHEROID Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

spheroid

noun

Definition of spheroid

as in oval

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Recent Examples of spheroid After a week of exposure, the scientists separated the spheroids into individual cells to analyze gene expression and to measure fat accumulation. — Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 11 Sep. 2025 The Quantum Solution Despite the planet’s relatively regular spheroid shape, the Earth’s gravitational pull is not uniform. — IEEE Spectrum, 29 July 2025 But when either snacking on regular bone-in rodents or a calcium-rich diet, snake cell crypts featured plenty of calcium, phosphorus, and iron spheroids. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 July 2025 The only thing that could concentrate our eyes and minds, in this reverse panopticon of seventy thousand gazes, was the football itself, that precious prolate spheroid of dimpled cowhide, which had yet to be teed up or booted into play. — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for spheroid

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Noun

The timber course uses a figure-eight configuration that carries horses away from the main oval before bringing them back toward the same home stretch.

— Michael Howes, Baltimore Sun, 23 Sep. 2026
This elegant indoor tree features a white trunk and oval-shaped leaves with creamy-colored veins and velvety undersides.

— Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of oval

Noun

Days start on level three with a typical hotel breakfast buffet, which includes all manner of pastries, bagels and of course, eggs, and pancake made-to-order stations.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026
Life cycle Female apple maggot flies lay 300 to 500 eggs over their 30-day life span.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026

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Hurling is one of Ireland’s national sports, and involves moving a ball down the field, either by hitting it or carrying it for up to four steps.

— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026
The Jets had one more chance and got to the Detroit 28, but Chuck Clark came free on a safety blitz and knocked the ball away from Geno Smith.

— CBS News, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of ball

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Growers commonly use sticky traps, often tapes or red spheres that resemble ripening apples, along with chemical or food-based lures, to attract adult flies.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026
The hidden violence of cavitation For a long time, computational models treated water droplets as simple, uniform spheres governed primarily by their outer surface tension.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of sphere

Noun

Concerns about military readiness, workforce shortages, rising health care costs, affordability, and America’s ability to compete in an increasingly challenging world seem to play on a loop without any sign of progress.

— Stanley McChrystal, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026
Rather than forcing you to adapt to a permanently stitched grid of elastic loops, the M3 utilizes heavy-duty, modular pages.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of loop

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But the poori remains the same, made with whole wheat flour, water and a touch of salt, gently pressed and then fried, ballooning into a gorgeous orb.

— Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026
For the hunters, a massive grey orb with a ramp protruding from it is one clue.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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