Spheroidal

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Having the form of a spheroid. Spheroidal state (Physics.) the state of a liquid, as water, when, on being thrown on a surface of highly heated metal, it rolls about in spheroidal drops or masses, at a temperature several degrees below ebullition, and without actual contact with the heated surface, - a phenomenon due to the repulsive force of heat, the intervention of a cushion of nonconducting vapor, and the cooling effect of evaporation.

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spheroidal - in the form of an ellipse Synonyms: ellipsoid, ellipsoidal, non-circular

ellipsoid, ellipsoidal, non-circular, rounded