spheroidal

or sphe·roi·dic

[ sfi-roid-l ]

adjective

1. pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
2. shaped like a spheroid; approximately spherical.

Other Words From

• sphe·roidal·ly sphe·roidi·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of spheroidal¹

First recorded in 1775–85; spheroid + -al ¹

Example Sentences

We shall also assume that the earth is spheroidal, and that bodies have a tendency towards its centre.

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Sometimes it is seen in very regular spheroidal masses, which contain a nucleus of radiated quartz.

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In this type the body is spheroidal and invested in a test or shell composed of regularly arranged plates closely united together.

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The earth is flattened, in other words its figure is spheroidal.

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Every cell generally contains within it a denser, normally spheroidal, body known as the nucleus.

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Related Words

• rounded