Spheroidal

Definition: Spheroidal

Spheroidal

Adjective

1. In the form of an ellipse.

Domain	Definition
Metallurgy	In the form of a sphere. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A. Having the shape of a spheroid b. Composed of spherulites c. Said of the texture of a rock composed of numerous spherulite. (references)
Physics	Resembling a sphere, but with 1 axis elongated. Source: European Union. (references)
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Synonyms: Spheroidal

Synonyms: ellipsoid (adj), ellipsoidal (adj), non-circular (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Rotundity	Adjective: rotund; round; (circular); cylindric, cylindrical, cylindroid; columnar, lumbriciform; conic, conical; spherical, spheroidal; globular, globated, globous, globose; egg shaped, bell shaped, pear shaped; ovoid, oviform; gibbous; rixiform; campaniform, campanulate, campaniliform; fungiform, bead-like, moniliform, pyriform, bulbous; tres atque rotundus; round as an orange, round as an apple, round as a ball, round as a billiard ball, round as a cannon ball.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Spheroidal

English words defined with "spheroidal": Bombolo ♦ fullerene ♦ Merenchyma ♦ Orbiculated ♦ Spheroidal state, Spheroidical, Spheroidity, Spherosiderite. (references)

Specialty definitions using "spheroidal": ballers ♦ closterite ♦ ductile cast iron ♦ framboidal texture ♦ impregnated coke ♦ magnesium coke ♦ Ovarian Follicle ♦ sick mercury, Spherocytosis, Hereditary, sulfur ball, sulphur ball ♦ vermicular graphite. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Mathieu Functions and Spheroidal Functions and Their Mathematical Foundations, Further Studies (Lecture Notes in Mathematics : 837) (reference) Spheroidal Wave Functions (reference) (more book examples)
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	Virions are spheroidal, uniform in shape and are 40-60nm in diameter. The name "Yellow Fever" is due to the ensuing jaundice that affects some patients. The vector is the Aedes aegypti or Haemagogus spp. mosquito. Credit: CDC.		Spheroidal basalt weatheringFour RiversLSRDLower Snake River District. Credit: Terry Maley.
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"Spheroidal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Spheroidal" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	4	175,879

Expression using "spheroidal": spheroidal state. Additional references.
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The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "spheroidal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		rruzullor. (various references)

Arabic		‏كرواني شبيه بالكرة. (various references)

Bulgarian		сфероиден. (various references)

Czech		sféroidní. (various references)

Danish		sphaeroid (spheroid), kugleformet (globose, globular, nodular, spherical, spheroid). (various references)

Dutch		sferoïed (spheroid), sferoïd (spheroid, spherule), bolvormig (bulbiform, bulb-shaped, globose, globular, spheroid). (various references)

Finnish		pallomainen (nodular). (various references)

French		sphéroïdal. (various references)

German		kugelig (globose, globular). (various references)

Greek		σφαιροειδήσ (globular, orbicular, orbiculate, spheroid), σφαιροειδής (globose, globular). (various references)

Hungarian		szferoid, gömbszerû, gömbszerű, csaknem gömb alakú. (various references)

Italian		sferoide (spheroid), sferoidale. (various references)

Pig Latin		eroidalsphay

Portuguese		esferoidal. (various references)

Romanian		sferoidal (spheroid). (various references)

Russian		сфероидальный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		sferoidni, sferoidan, loptast (ball, bulbous, globose, globular, round). (various references)

Spanish		esferoidal. (various references)

Swedish		sfäroidal. (various references)

Turkish		küreye benzer (spheroid, spheroidic, spheroidical), küremsi (spheroid, spheroidic, spheroidical). (various references)

Ukrainian		сфероїдальний (orbed, orbicular). (various references)

Vietnamese		tựa cầu, phỏng cầu. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "spheroidal": spheroidally. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "spheroidal" (pronounced 'Sphe*roid"al'): Abyssal, Accrual, Accusal, Actinozoal, Adjournal, Albuminoidal, Amenorrhoeal, Anomal, Anthropoidal, Apogeal, Apohyal, Appraisal, Apprizal, Approval, Arachnoidal, Arctogeal, Arousal, Arrival, Asteroidal, Avowal, Axal, Balmoral, Banal, Basihyal, Beheadal, Bequeathal, Bestowal, Betrayal, Betrothal, Burghal, Carousal, Catarrhal, Cemental, Ceratohyal, Choroidal, Cital, Coastal, Cockal, Colloidal, Comprisal, Conchoidal, Conoidal, Convival, CORAL, Coralloidal, Cordal, Cotidal, Crinoidal, Croupal, Crustal. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-h-i-l-o-p-r-s"
	-1 letter: aphorised, polarised.
	-2 letters: airholes, aphorise, asphodel, darioles, depolish, diaspore, earlship, haploids, harelips, helipads, leopards, leporids, lordship, parodies, parslied, pelorias, plashier, polarise, polished, polisher, raphides, repolish, rhapsode, sepaloid, shipload, shoalier, spheroid, spiraled.
	-3 letters: adipose, airhole, airshed, alipeds, aphides, aspired, dariole, dashier, deposal, derails, despair, despoil, dialers, diapers, diphase, diploes, dipolar, dipoles, elapids, ephoral, hailers.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-h-i-l-o-p-r-s"
	+1 letter: drosophilae.
	+2 letters: haloperidols, spheroidally.
	+3 letters: landownership.
	+4 letters: cephaloridines, hydrocephalics, hydrocephalies, landownerships, polysaccharide, rehospitalized.
	+5 letters: chlorpropamides, dermatoglyphics, polysaccharides, radiotelegraphs, radiotelephones, stadtholdership.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
spheroidal	15
graphite spheroidal	5
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Spheroidal

Definition: Spheroidal

Spheroidal

Adjective

Specialty Definition: Spheroidal

Metallurgy

Mining

Physics

Synonyms: Spheroidal

Synonyms within Context: Spheroidal

Rotundity

Crosswords: Spheroidal

Commercial Usage: Spheroidal

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Photo Album: Spheroidal

Usage Frequency: Spheroidal

Expression: Spheroidal

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Spheroidal

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Anagrams: Spheroidal

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