Category:Spheroid

Sphe"roid, n. Etym: [l. spheroides ball-like, spherical, gr. Sphéroïde.]

Defn: a body or figure approaching to a sphere, but not perfectly Spherical; esp., a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipse About one of its axes. Oblate spheroid, prolate spheroid. See oblate, Prolate, and ellipsoid.