Associations to the word «Spheroid»

Wiktionary

SPHEROID, noun. A solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about its major (prolate), or minor (oblate) axis.
SPHEROID, adjective. Of a shape similar to a squashed sphere.

Dictionary definition

SPHEROID, noun. 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".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King