spheroid

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English - Turkish
sferoid

Dünya basık bir sferoidtir. - The Earth is an oblate spheroid.

sferoit
küremsi
toparsı
geom
(isim) küremsi cisim
{i} küremsi cisim
sferoidal
yuvar
spheroidalküremsi
(Tıp) Küresel, kürevi, spheroides
{s} küreye benzer

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spheroidal
sferoid
spheroidal
küremsi
spheroids
sferoidler
spheroidal
{s} küreye benzer
English - English
A solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about its major (prolate), or minor (oblate) axis

UFOs are reported as being either oblate (saucer-shaped) or prolate (cigar-shaped) spheroids.

a body having nearly the form of a sphere
{n} a body almost of a spherical form
a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes; "it looked like a sphere but on closer examination I saw it was really a spheroid"
a shape that is similar to a ball, but not perfectly round
a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its axes
A body or figure approaching to a sphere, but not perfectly spherical; esp
{s} spheroidal, having a shape that is almost spherical
{i} geometrical figure having a shape that is almost spherical
Mathematical figure closely approaching the geoid in form and size and used as a surface of reference for geodetic surveys A reference spheroid or ellipsoid is a spheroid determined by revolving an ellipse about its shorter (polar) axis and used as a base for geodetic surveys of a large section of the Earth (such as the Clarke spheroid of 1866 which is used for geodetic surveys in the United States)
an ellipsoid in which two of the three axes are equal (Contrast to an ellipsoid, in which all three axes may have different lengths ) A spheroid has the equation (x²+y²)/a² + z²/c² = 1

Related Terms

spheroidal
A spheroid
spheroidal
Like a spheroid. Roughly spherical, approximately round, roughly ball shaped
spheroidal
{s} of or pertaining to a spheroid; having a shape that is almost spherical
spheroidal
Having the form of a spheroid
spheroidal
in the form of an ellipse
spheroid
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