"spheroid" meaning in All languages combined

See spheroid on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Audio: en-us-spheroid.ogg Forms: more spheroid [comparative], most spheroid [superlative]
Etymology: From sphere + -oid. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sphere|oid}} sphere + -oid Head templates: {{en-adj}} spheroid (comparative more spheroid, superlative most spheroid)
  1. Of a shape similar to a squashed sphere.
    Sense id: en-spheroid-en-adj-uArlrxg3 Categories (other): Sphere Disambiguation of Sphere: 83 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sphæroid [archaic]

Noun [English]

Audio: en-us-spheroid.ogg Forms: spheroids [plural]
Etymology: From sphere + -oid. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sphere|oid}} sphere + -oid Head templates: {{en-noun}} spheroid (plural spheroids)
  1. A solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about its major (prolate), or minor (oblate) axis. Categories (topical): Shapes, Surfaces Hyponyms: oblate spheroid, prolate spheroid Derived forms: neurospheroid, spheroidite, spheroidize Translations (shape similar to a sphere): сфероид (sferoid) [masculine] (Bulgarian), sphéroïde [masculine] (French), сфероид (sferoid) [masculine] (Macedonian), sferoid [neuter] (Romanian), сферо́ид (sferóid) (Russian), сферо́їд (sferójid) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-spheroid-en-noun-BMVPLgKO Disambiguation of Shapes: 43 57 Disambiguation of Surfaces: 45 55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -oid, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -oid: 18 82 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sphæroid [archaic]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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