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spheroid |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}.] 1. (Geom.) Flattened or depressed at the poles; as the earth is an oblate spheroid. 2. Offered up devoted; consecrated; dedicated; -- used chiefly or only in the titles of Roman Catholic orders See {Oblate}, n. {Oblate ellipsoid} or {spheroid} (Geom.), a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis; an oblatum. See {Ellipsoid of revolution}, under {Ellipsoid}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spheroid \Sphe"roid\, n. [L. spheroides ball-like, spherical, Gr ???; ???? sphere + ??? 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. {Oblate spheroid}, {Prolate spheroid}. See {Oblate}, {Prolate}, and {Ellipsoid}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. {Prolate cycloid}. See the Note under {Cycloid}. {Prolate ellipsoid} or {spheroid} (Geom.), a figure generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its major axis. See {Ellipsoid of revolution}, under {Ellipsoid}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: spheroid n : a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes; "it looked like a sphere but on closer examination I saw it was really a spheroid" [syn: {ellipsoid of revolution}]
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