Other Word Forms
- spheroidally adverb
- spheroidically adverb
Etymology
Origin of spheroidal
Example Sentences
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These spheroidal galaxies contain very old stars, yet how they formed has remained a mystery -- until now.
From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024
Draco and Sculptor: These are dwarf spheroidal galaxies close to the Milky Way.
From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2022
Rather than going with the spheroidal shapes tech-makers have embraced, Ikea took the opposite approach, making its speaker a clean-lined square with a single retro-style knob on the front.
From Slate • Apr. 12, 2018
Ceverino, D., Dekel, A., Tweed, D. & Primack, J. Early formation of massive, compact, spheroidal galaxies with classical profiles by violent disc instability or mergers.
From Nature • Mar. 11, 2018
But the earth is spheroidal, and a diurnal revolution would still leave that portion which lies under the equator too much, and the other too little, exposed to the action of the sun.
From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Butler, Thomas Belden
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