Spheroid
noun
An object that is almost round but slightly stretched.
The Earth is a spheroid because it is wider at the equator than at the poles.
Often appears as...
- prolate spheroid
- oblate spheroid
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noun
An object that is almost round but slightly stretched.
The Earth is a spheroid because it is wider at the equator than at the poles.
Often appears as...
- prolate spheroid
- oblate spheroid
Usage tips
General,Academic,Technical
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine a squished ball to understand a spheroid's stretched shape.
When you deflate a soccer ball slightly, it can look like a spheroid.
Pro Tip 2/3Scientific Context
In science, 'spheroid' describes Earth-like shapes, stressing its 3D geometry.
Scientists model other planets as spheroids for simplicity.
Pro Tip 3/3Technical Accuracy
Use 'spheroid' for precision in technical or academic discussions about shapes.
Our project involves calculating the volume of a spheroid.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine a squished ball to understand a spheroid's stretched shape.
When you deflate a soccer ball slightly, it can look like a spheroid.
Pro Tip 2/3Scientific Context
In science, 'spheroid' describes Earth-like shapes, stressing its 3D geometry.
Scientists model other planets as spheroids for simplicity.
Pro Tip 3/3Technical Accuracy
Use 'spheroid' for precision in technical or academic discussions about shapes.
Our project involves calculating the volume of a spheroid.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine a squished ball to understand a spheroid's stretched shape.
When you deflate a soccer ball slightly, it can look like a spheroid.
Pro Tip 2/3Scientific Context
In science, 'spheroid' describes Earth-like shapes, stressing its 3D geometry.
Scientists model other planets as spheroids for simplicity.
Pro Tip 3/3Technical Accuracy
Use 'spheroid' for precision in technical or academic discussions about shapes.
Our project involves calculating the volume of a spheroid.
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Reinventing the...
didn't know and for me I quickly landed on this one the earth has a tolerance of a point seventeen percent from the reference spheroid which is less than the point twenty two percent allowed in billiard balls this is the kind of fact I would have loved as a boy I found it myself it's got some math that I can do
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Rives: Reinventing the...
You can come back to Earth. You return to where you started. You can finish your game. You just need to find one more fact that you didn't know. And for me, I quickly landed on this The Earth has a tolerance of about .17 percent from the reference spheroid,
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Reinventing the...
didn't know and for me I quickly landed on this one the earth has a tolerance of a point seventeen percent from the reference spheroid which is less than the point twenty two percent allowed in billiard balls this is the kind of fact I would have loved as a boy I found it myself it's got some math that I can do
Video examples
Rives: Reinventing the...
You can come back to Earth. You return to where you started. You can finish your game. You just need to find one more fact that you didn't know. And for me, I quickly landed on this The Earth has a tolerance of about .17 percent from the reference spheroid,
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Steven Pinker
Canadian Scientist
Academics lack perspective. In a debate on whether the world is round, they would argue, 'No,' because it's an oblate spheroid. They suffer from 'the curse of knowledge': the inability to imagine what it's like not to know something that they know.
Quote examples
Steven Pinker
Canadian Scientist
Academics lack perspective. In a debate on whether the world is round, they would argue, 'No,' because it's an oblate spheroid. They suffer from 'the curse of knowledge': the inability to imagine what it's like not to know something that they know.
Example 1 of 1
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