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synonyms for spheroidal

  • rounded
  • ball-shaped
  • circular
  • globular
  • orbicular
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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to spheroidal, such as: rounded, ball-shaped, circular, globular, and orbicular.
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How to use spheroidal in a sentence

We shall also assume that the earth is spheroidal, and that bodies have a tendency towards its centre.
THE GEOGRAPHY OF STRABO, VOLUME III (OF 3)STRABO
Sometimes it is seen in very regular spheroidal masses, which contain a nucleus of radiated quartz.
SUMMARY NARRATIVE OF AN EXPLORATORY EXPEDITION TO THE SOURCES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, IN 1820HENRY ROWE SCHOOLCRAFT
In this type the body is spheroidal and invested in a test or shell composed of regularly arranged plates closely united together.
THE NEW GRESHAM ENCYCLOPEDIAVARIOUS
The earth is flattened, in other words its figure is spheroidal.
BIOGRAPHIES OF DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIFIC MENFRANCOIS ARAGO
Every cell generally contains within it a denser, normally spheroidal, body known as the nucleus.
YOUNG FOLKS' LIBRARY, VOLUME XI (OF 20)VARIOUS
The Crystal itself is a clear pellucid piece of quartz or beryl, sometimes oval in shape, but more generally spheroidal.
HOW TO READ THE CRYSTALSEPHARIAL
You may take as hypothesis that the figure of the earth is spheroidal, and that the ratio of the axes is exactly defined.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HELD AT WASHINGTON FOR THE PURPOSE OF FIXING A PRIME MERIDIAN AND A UNIVERSAL DAY. OCTOBER, 1884.VARIOUS
The eggs much resemble those of Chrocampa Elpenor, being spheroidal in form, but rather smaller, and of a somewhat darker green.
STUDIES IN THE THEORY OF DESCENT (VOLUMES 1 AND 2)AUGUST WEISMANN
When distended, two spheroidal masses bulge laterally and anterior to the flexor tendons in a characteristic manner.
LAMENESS OF THE HORSEJOHN VICTOR LACROIX
The result of these expeditions was the determination that the globe is oblately spheroidal.
A HISTORY OF SCIENCE, VOLUME 3(OF 5)HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO SPHEROIDAL

  • ball-shaped
  • circular
  • globular
  • orbicular
  • rounded
  • spheroidal
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