spheroidal
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Adjective (1)
- having the nature or shape of an ellipsoidSynonyms: ellipsoidellipsoidalOpposite angularSimilar rounded
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Sphe·roid′al adjective
Origin: Cf. F. sphéroïdal.
Having the form of a spheroid. — Sphe·roid′wb-a1′>′al·ly, adverb
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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54