spheroidal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: spheroidal	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for spheroidal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spheroidal adj having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid [syn: ellipsoid, ellipsoidal, spheroidal]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spheroidal \Spheroid"al\, a. [Cf. F. sph[82]ro[8b]dal.] Having the form of a spheroid. -- {Spheroid"ally}, adv. {Spheroidal* state} (Physics.), the state of a liquid, as water, when, on being thrown on a surface of highly heated metal, it rolls about in spheroidal drops or masses, at a temperature several degrees below ebullition, and without actual contact with the heated surface, -- a phenomenon due to the repulsive force of heat, the intervention of a cushion of nonconducting vapor, and the cooling effect of evaporation.