Spheroidal
adjective
1.
pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
2.
shaped like a spheroid; approximately spherical.
adjective
1.
shaped like an ellipsoid of revolution; approximately spherical
2.
of or relating to an ellipsoid of revolution
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