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spheroid (n.)
"body resembling, but not identical with, a sphere," 1560s, from Latin
sphaeroides
, from Greek
sphairoeides
"ball-like, spherical," from
sphaira
(see
sphere
) +
-oeides
"form" (see
-oid
). As an adjective from 1767. Related:
Spheroidal
.
