Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spheroidal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables: spher-oid-al
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like a spheroid; roughly spherical.

noun

Example Sentences

"The buccal mass in milacids is spheroidal, and contains an oxygnathic jaw."

Inflected Forms

more spheroidal (comparative) most spheroidal (superlative) spheroidals (plural)

Derived Forms

hemispheroidal hyperspheroidal nonspheroidal quasispheroidal semispheroidal spheroidally subspheroidal

Phrases

dwarf spheroidal galaxy

Synonyms

spherelike ellipsoid ellipsoidal

Rhymes With

colloidal sinusoidal trapezoidal steroidal toroidal nonsteroidal ellipsoidal choroidal discoidal sigmoidal rhomboidal cuboidal

Questions

What does spheroidal mean?: Like a spheroid; roughly spherical.

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