Category:Spheroidal

Sphe*roid"al, a. Etym: [cf. F. sphéroïdal.]

Defn: having the form of a spheroid. -- sphe*roid"al*ly, adv. Spheroidal state (physics.), the state of a Liquid, as water, when, on being thrown on a surface of highly heated Metal, it rolls about in spheroidal drops or masses, at a temperature Several degrees below ebullition, and without actual contact with the Heated surface, -- a phenomenon due to the repulsive force of heat, The intervention of a cushion of nonconducting vapor, and the cooling Effect of evaporation.