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sphe•roid



Pronunciation: (sfēr'oid), [key] Geom.

—n.
a solid geometrical figure similar in shape to a sphere, as an ellipsoid. See diag. under prolate.

—adj.
spheroidal.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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