Spheroid vs Cryptand - What's the difference?
spheroid | cryptand |
A solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about its major (prolate), or minor (oblate) axis.
(chemistry) any of a class of polycyclic compounds related to the crown ethers, having three chains attached at two nitrogen atoms
As nouns the difference between spheroid and cryptand
is that spheroid is a solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about its major (prolate), or minor (oblate) axis while cryptand is (chemistry) any of a class of polycyclic compounds related to the crown ethers, having three chains attached at two nitrogen atoms.As an adjective spheroid
is of a shape similar to a squashed sphere.spheroid
English
(wikipedia spheroid)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- UFOs are reported as being either oblate (saucer-shaped) or prolate (cigar-shaped) spheroids .