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Webster 1913 Edition


Spheroidal

Sphe-roid′al

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
sphéroïdal
.]
Having the form of a spheroid.
Sphe-roid′al-ly
,
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Spheroidal

SPHEROID'AL

, SPHEROID'IC, SPHEROID'ICAL, a.
1.
Having the form of a sheriod.
2.
In crystalography, bounded by several convex faces.

Definition 2024


sphéroïdal

sphéroïdal

See also: spheroidal

French

Adjective

sphéroïdal m (feminine singular sphéroïdale, masculine plural sphéroïdaux, feminine plural sphéroïdales)

  1. spheroidal