Thesaurus: spheroidal

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1. a. Having the form of a spheroid.
2. adj. having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid
3. Having the form of a spheroid. -- Sphe*roid"al*ly, adv. 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.
4. Having the form of a spheroid.-- Sphe*roid"al*ly, adv. Spheroidal state (Physics.), the state of aliquid, as water, when, on being thrown on a surface of highly heatedmetal, it rolls about in spheroidal drops or masses, at a temperatureseveral degrees below ebullition, and without actual contact with theheated surface, -- a phenomenon due to the repulsive force of heat,the intervention of a cushion of nonconducting vapor, and the coolingeffect of evaporation.
5. j:100 s having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid