spheroid
Americannoun
adjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of spheroid
1655–65; < Latin sphaeroīdēs < Greek sphairoeidḗs. See sphere, -oid
Vocabulary lists containing spheroid
Space Science (Astronomy) - High School
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The Universe and Its Stars (Cosmology) - High School
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Example Sentences
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Although tested in monkeys, it is worth noting that the cardiac spheroid production protocol used in this study was designed for clinical application in humans.
From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2024
But because the earth is an oblate spheroid, the sea level at the Equator is some 14 miles farther from the center of the earth than the sea level at the North Pole.
From Scientific American • Feb. 1, 2023
Texas, West Texas and Texas Tech surely reserve their foremost excitement for when the ball is a prolate spheroid.
From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2019
The eye cornea is approximated as a prolate spheroid with an axis that is the eye, where a = 8.7 mm and c = 9.6 mm.
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
Never mind that James Hutton had shown long before that any such static arrangement would eventually result in a featureless spheroid as erosion leveled the bumps and filled in the divots.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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