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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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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes
  3. 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.
  4. A body or figure approaching to a sphere, but not perfectlyspherical; esp., a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipseabout one of its axes. Oblate spheroid, Prolate spheroid. See Oblate,Prolate, and Ellipsoid.
  5. n:100 n. a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes