spheroid

n. 球状体, 回转椭球体 [医] 球形的, 球状的; 球形体, 球状体

发音

US

词形变化

spheroids 复数 spheroids more spheroid 比较级 most spheroid 最高级

别名

sphæroid

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about its major (prolate), or minor (oblate) axis.

    UFOs are reported as being either oblate (saucer-shaped) or prolate (cigar-shaped) spheroids.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of a shape similar to a squashed sphere.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

ellipsoid of revolution

词源

From sphere + -oid.

来源：wiktionary