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spheroidal

American  
[sfi-roid-l] / sfɪˈrɔɪd l /
Or spheroidic

adjective

  1. pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.

  2. shaped like a spheroid; approximately spherical.

spheroidal British  
/ sfɪəˈrɔɪdəl /

adjective

  1. shaped like an ellipsoid of revolution; approximately spherical

  2. of or relating to an ellipsoid of revolution

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Other Word Forms

  • spheroidally adverb
  • spheroidically adverb

Etymology

Origin of spheroidal

First recorded in 1775–85; spheroid + -al 1

Example Sentences

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Further evidence for this spheroidal shape comes from a detailed analysis of galaxies' 3D geometry.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024

Draco and Sculptor: These are dwarf spheroidal galaxies close to the Milky Way.

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2022

Rather than going with the spheroidal shapes tech-makers have embraced, Ikea took the opposite approach, making its speaker a clean-lined square with a single retro-style knob on the front.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2018

Ceverino, D., Dekel, A., Tweed, D. & Primack, J. Early formation of massive, compact, spheroidal galaxies with classical profiles by violent disc instability or mergers.

From Nature • Mar. 11, 2018

The structure was spheroidal in shape, and about forty feet in diameter.

From Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century by Forman, Henry Chandlee

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