spheroid
adjective
1. Of a shape similar to a squashed sphere.
noun
1. 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
Definition categories: shape
Sentences with spheroid as a noun:
- UFOs are reported as being either oblate (saucer-shaped) or prolate (cigar-shaped) spheroids.