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spheroid
a body having nearly the form of a sphere
spheroid
{n} a body almost of a spherical form
spheroid
A solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about its major (prolate), or minor (oblate) axis
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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"
spheroid
a shape that is similar to a ball, but not perfectly round
spheroid
a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its axes
spheroid
A body or figure approaching to a sphere, but not perfectly spherical; esp
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{s} spheroidal, having a shape that is almost spherical
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{i} geometrical figure having a shape that is almost spherical
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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)
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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
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