Meaning & use
spheroidal
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Having a shape approximately but not exactly like a sphere.
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The planet's rapid rotation gives it a slightly spheroidal, flattened shape.
The pearls were mostly spheroidal, with a few oddly elongated ones mixed in.
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Spheroidal is often used in geography and astronomy to describe bodies, like Earth, that bulge slightly at the equator rather than forming a perfect sphere.
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