spheroid

What does spheroid mean?

spheroid means "a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes".

How many syllables are in spheroid?

spheroid has 2 syllables: spher-oid. The stress falls on "spher". In IPA it is /ˈsfɪˌɹɔɪd/.

What is another word for spheroid?

Close synonyms include ellipsoid of revolution. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spheroid a common word?

spheroid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with spheroid?

1 word rhymes with spheroid. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for spheroid come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.