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hemispheroid|hɛmɪˈsfɪərɔɪd|
[f. hemi- + spheroid, or f. hemisphere + -oid. Cf. F. hémisphéroïde (1732 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
The half of a spheroid; a figure approaching a hemisphere.
1727–51Chambers Cycl. s.v. Hemispheroidal, The cacao opens, when yellow and ripe, into two large hemispheroids. 1752Bevis in Phil. Trans. XLVIII. 397 The hemispheroid of the earth formed by the section..of the circle of declination. 1823J. Badcock Dom. Amusem. 209 The shape of his pontons..was an oblong hemispheroid. |