spheroid

IPA: sfˈɪrɔɪd

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

Examples of "spheroid" in Sentences

The earth is an oblate spheroid.
The volume of a prolate spheroid is calculated well.
The outer surface is visualized as an oblate spheroid.
The fruit are spheroid to ellipsoid in shape, long and wide.
Also, the formula for a prolate spheroid seems to be incorrect.
One such method is to approximate the tumor shape by a spheroid.
The shape of the Earth is very close to that of an oblate spheroid.
The ball is a hard leather seamed spheroid with a circumference of.
Rotation about the other axis produces the oblate spheroidal coordinates.
In three dimensions, the nebula is thought to be shaped like a prolate spheroid.