Associations to the word «Spheroid»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
SPHEROID, noun. A solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about its major (prolate), or minor (oblate) axis.
SPHEROID, adjective. Of a shape similar to a squashed sphere.
Dictionary definition
SPHEROID, noun. 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".
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.