spheroid

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.

As nouns the difference between spheroid and geoid

is that spheroid is a solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about its major (prolate), or minor (oblate) axis while geoid is a surface of constant gravitational potential at zero elevation.

As an adjective spheroid

is of a shape similar to a squashed sphere.

As nouns the difference between spheroid and ovoid

is that spheroid is a solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about its major (prolate), or minor (oblate) axis while ovoid is something that is oval in shape.

As adjectives the difference between spheroid and ovoid

is that spheroid is of a shape similar to a squashed sphere while ovoid is shaped like an oval.

As adjectives the difference between sphecoid and spheroid

is that sphecoid is of or pertaining to wasps formerly classified in the superfamily Sphecoidea (corresponding to all wasps in Apoidea), now sometimes treated as the series Spheciformes while spheroid is of a shape similar to a squashed sphere.

As a noun spheroid is

a solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about its major (prolate), or minor (oblate) axis.

As nouns the difference between spheroid and ellipsis

is that spheroid is a solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about its major (prolate), or minor (oblate) axis while ellipsis is (typography) a mark consisting of three periods, historically with spaces in between, before, and after them “    ”, nowadays a single character “” ellipses are used to indicate that words have been omitted in a text or that they are missing or illegible.

As an adjective spheroid

is of a shape similar to a squashed sphere.

As adjectives the difference between sphenoid and spheroid

is that sphenoid is wedge-shaped while spheroid is of a shape similar to a squashed sphere.

As nouns the difference between sphenoid and spheroid

is that sphenoid is the sphenoid bone while spheroid is a solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about its major (prolate), or minor (oblate) axis.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and spheroid

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while spheroid is a solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about its major (prolate), or minor (oblate) axis.

As an adjective spheroid is

of a shape similar to a squashed sphere.

As nouns the difference between spheroid and hemispheroid

is that spheroid is a solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about its major (prolate), or minor (oblate) axis while hemispheroid is a half of a spheroid.

As an adjective spheroid

is of a shape similar to a squashed sphere.

As adjectives the difference between spheroid and semispheroidal

is that spheroid is of a shape similar to a squashed sphere while semispheroidal is formed like a half spheroid.

As a noun spheroid

is a solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about its major (prolate), or minor (oblate) axis.