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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.

資料來源 : WordNet®

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}]