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spher·oid·al
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Princeton's WordNet
ellipsoid, ellipsoidal, spheroidaladjective
having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid
Wiktionary
spheroidalnoun
A spheroid
spheroidaladjective
Like a spheroid. Roughly spherical, approximately round, roughly ball shaped.
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spheroidal
A spheroid, also known as an ellipsoid of revolution or rotational ellipsoid, is a quadric surface obtained by rotating an ellipse about one of its principal axes; in other words, an ellipsoid with two equal semi-diameters. A spheroid has circular symmetry. If the ellipse is rotated about its major axis, the result is a prolate spheroid, elongated like a rugby ball. The American football is similar but has a pointier end than a spheroid could. If the ellipse is rotated about its minor axis, the result is an oblate spheroid, flattened like a lentil or a plain M&M. If the generating ellipse is a circle, the result is a sphere. Due to the combined effects of gravity and rotation, the figure of the Earth (and of all planets) is not quite a sphere, but instead is slightly flattened in the direction of its axis of rotation. For that reason, in cartography and geodesy the Earth is often approximated by an oblate spheroid, known as the reference ellipsoid, instead of a sphere. The current World Geodetic System model uses a spheroid whose radius is 6,378.137 km (3,963.191 mi) at the Equator and 6,356.752 km (3,949.903 mi) at the poles. The word spheroid originally meant "an approximately spherical body", admitting irregularities even beyond the bi- or tri-axial ellipsoidal shape; that is how the term is used in some older papers on geodesy (for example, referring to truncated spherical harmonic expansions of the Earth's gravity geopotential model).
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spheroidal
Spheroidal refers to a shape that is somewhat like a sphere but not perfectly round, often being slightly elongated or flattened. It is derived from or resembles the shape of a spheroid, which is a type of geometric figure obtained by rotating an ellipse about one of its axes.
Webster Dictionary
Spheroidaladjective
having the form of a spheroid
Etymology: [Cf. F. sphrodal.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of spheroidal in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of spheroidal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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