SPHEROID, in geometry, a solid, approaching to the figure of a sphere. The spheroid is generated by the entire revolution of a semi-ellipsoid about its axis.
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SPHEROID, in geometry, a solid, approaching to the figure of a sphere. The spheroid is generated by the entire revolution of a semi-ellipsoid about its axis.