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spheroidal |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spheroidal \Sphe*roid"al\, a. [Cf. F. sph['e]ro["i]dal.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: spheroidal adj : in the form of an ellipse [syn: {ellipsoid}, {ellipsoidal}, {non-circular}]
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