spheroid

• Sustantivo que designa una figura tridimensional generada por la rotación de una elipse alrededor de uno de sus ejes, dando como resultado una forma similar a una esfera pero no perfectamente esférica.

A noun referring to a three-dimensional shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes, resulting in a sphere-like but not perfectly spherical form.

1. Geometric shapeC1formal

   A three-dimensional shape that is nearly spherical but slightly elongated or flattened, formed by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes.

   Esferoide

   • The Earth is an oblate spheroid, flattened at the poles.
   • A prolate spheroid is shaped like a rugby ball.
   • The planet's shape is not a perfect sphere but a spheroid.

   Sinónimosellipsoid