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Spheroid
(gcide) | Spheroid \Sphe"roid\, n. [L. spheroides ball-like, spherical,
Gr. ???; ???? sphere + e'i^dos form: cf. F. sph['e]ro["i]de.]
A body or figure approaching to a sphere, but not perfectly
spherical; esp., a solid generated by the revolution of an
ellipse about one of its axes.
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Oblate spheroid, Prolate spheroid. See Oblate,
Prolate, and Ellipsoid.
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Hemispheroid
(gcide) | Hemispheroid \Hem`i*sphe"roid\, n. [Hemi- + spheroid.]
A half of a spheroid.
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Hemispheroidal
(gcide) | Hemispheroidal \Hem`i*sphe*roid"al\, a.
Resembling, or approximating to, a hemisphere in form.
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Oblate spheroid
(gcide) | Oblate \Ob*late"\, a. [L. oblatus, used as p. p. of offerre to
bring forward, offer, dedicate; ob (see Ob-) + latus borne,
for tlatus. See Tolerate.]
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1. (Geom.) Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth
is an oblate spheroid.
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2. Offered up; devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used
chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders.
See Oblate, n.
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Oblate ellipsoid or Oblate spheroid (Geom.), a solid
generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor
axis; an oblatum. Contrasted with prolate spheroid. See
Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid.
[1913 Webster]Spheroid \Sphe"roid\, n. [L. spheroides ball-like, spherical,
Gr. ???; ???? sphere + e'i^dos form: cf. F. sph['e]ro["i]de.]
A body or figure approaching to a sphere, but not perfectly
spherical; esp., a solid generated by the revolution of an
ellipse about one of its axes.
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Oblate spheroid, Prolate spheroid. See Oblate,
Prolate, and Ellipsoid.
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Prolate spheroid
(gcide) | Spheroid \Sphe"roid\, n. [L. spheroides ball-like, spherical,
Gr. ???; ???? sphere + e'i^dos form: cf. F. sph['e]ro["i]de.]
A body or figure approaching to a sphere, but not perfectly
spherical; esp., a solid generated by the revolution of an
ellipse about one of its axes.
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Oblate spheroid, Prolate spheroid. See Oblate,
Prolate, and Ellipsoid.
[1913 Webster]Prolate \Pro"late\, a. [L. prolatus, used as p. p. of proferre
to bring forth, to extend; pro + latus, p. p. See Pro-, and
Tolerate. ]
Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the
direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate
spheroid; -- opposed to oblate.
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Prolate cycloid. See the Note under Cycloid.
Prolate ellipsoid or Prolate spheroid (Geom.), a figure
generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its major
axis. Contrasted with oblate spheroid. See {Ellipsoid of
revolution}, under Ellipsoid.
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Semispheroidal
(gcide) | Semispheroidal \Sem`i*sphe*roid"al\, a.
Formed like a half spheroid.
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Spheroid
(gcide) | Spheroid \Sphe"roid\, n. [L. spheroides ball-like, spherical,
Gr. ???; ???? sphere + e'i^dos form: cf. F. sph['e]ro["i]de.]
A body or figure approaching to a sphere, but not perfectly
spherical; esp., a solid generated by the revolution of an
ellipse about one of its axes.
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Oblate spheroid, Prolate spheroid. See Oblate,
Prolate, and Ellipsoid.
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Spheroidal
(gcide) | Spheroidal \Sphe*roid"al\, a. [Cf. F. sph['e]ro["i]dal.]
Having the form of a spheroid. -- Sphe*roid"al*ly, adv.
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Spheroidal state (Physics.), the state of a liquid, as
water, when, on being thrown on a surface of highly heated
metal, it rolls about in spheroidal drops or masses, at a
temperature several degrees below ebullition, and without
actual contact with the heated surface, -- a phenomenon
due to the repulsive force of heat, the intervention of a
cushion of nonconducting vapor, and the cooling effect of
evaporation.
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Spheroidal state
(gcide) | Spheroidal \Sphe*roid"al\, a. [Cf. F. sph['e]ro["i]dal.]
Having the form of a spheroid. -- Sphe*roid"al*ly, adv.
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Spheroidal state (Physics.), the state of a liquid, as
water, when, on being thrown on a surface of highly heated
metal, it rolls about in spheroidal drops or masses, at a
temperature several degrees below ebullition, and without
actual contact with the heated surface, -- a phenomenon
due to the repulsive force of heat, the intervention of a
cushion of nonconducting vapor, and the cooling effect of
evaporation.
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Spheroidally
(gcide) | Spheroidal \Sphe*roid"al\, a. [Cf. F. sph['e]ro["i]dal.]
Having the form of a spheroid. -- Sphe*roid"al*ly, adv.
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Spheroidal state (Physics.), the state of a liquid, as
water, when, on being thrown on a surface of highly heated
metal, it rolls about in spheroidal drops or masses, at a
temperature several degrees below ebullition, and without
actual contact with the heated surface, -- a phenomenon
due to the repulsive force of heat, the intervention of a
cushion of nonconducting vapor, and the cooling effect of
evaporation.
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Spheroidic
(gcide) | Spheroidic \Sphe*roid"ic\, Spheroidical \Sphe*roid"ic*al\, a.
See Spheroidal. --Cheyne.
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Spheroidical
(gcide) | Spheroidic \Sphe*roid"ic\, Spheroidical \Sphe*roid"ic*al\, a.
See Spheroidal. --Cheyne.
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Spheroidicity
(gcide) | Spheroidicity \Sphe`roi*dic"i*ty\, Spheroidity \Sphe*roid"i*ty\,
n.
The quality or state of being spheroidal.
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Spheroidity
(gcide) | Spheroidicity \Sphe`roi*dic"i*ty\, Spheroidity \Sphe*roid"i*ty\,
n.
The quality or state of being spheroidal.
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