spheroid

English

Alternative forms

• sphæroid (archaic)

Etymology

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Ancient Greek σφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)bor.

Latin sphaera

Late Latin sphērader.

Old French spherebor.

Middle English spere

English sphere

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *wéydos

Proto-Hellenic *wéidos

Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ēs

Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)

Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs)

Latin -oīdēslbor.

English -oid

English spheroid

From sphere + -oid.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

spheroid (comparative more spheroid, superlative most spheroid)

1. Of a shape similar to a squashed sphere.

Noun

spheroid (plural spheroids)

1. A solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about its major (prolate), or minor (oblate) axis.

   UFOs are reported as being either oblate (saucer-shaped) or prolate (cigar-shaped) spheroids.

Hyponyms

• oblate spheroid
• prolate spheroid

Derived terms

• amylospheroid
• hemispheroid
• heterospheroid
• homospheroid
• hyperspheroid
• interspheroid
• microspheroid
• nanospheroid
• neurospheroid
• osteospheroid
• spheroidene
• spheroidic
• spheroidical
• spheroidism
• spheroidite
• spheroidity
• spheroidize
• subspheroid

Translations

shape similar to a sphere

• Bulgarian: сфероид m (sferoid)
• Catalan: esferoide m
• Dutch: sferoïde (nl) m
• French: sphéroïde (fr) m
• Greek: σφαίρωμα (el) n (sfaíroma)
• Macedonian: сфероид (mk) m (sferoid)
• Romanian: sferoid (ro) n
• Russian: сферо́ид (ru) (sferóid)
• Ukrainian: сферо́їд m (sferójid)

References

• spheroid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Spheroid in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

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