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spheroidal
1. Relating to or referring to something that is shaped like a spheroid.
2. A body that is shaped like, or resembles, a sphere, but is not perfectly round or spherical.
3. Roughly spherical, approximately round or ball shaped.
This entry is located in the following units: -oid, -oidal, -oidism, -odic (page 19) sphero-, spher-, -sphere- (page 14)
Word Entries containing the term: “spheroidal
spherical weathering, spheroidal weathering, concentric weathering
1. The chemical weathering of blocks of rock so that they take on a more rounded shape; such as rounded boulders that help to create domed monoliths.
2. Chemical weathering in which concentric or spherical shells of decayed rock are successively separated from a block of rock.

It commonly results in the formation of a rounded boulder of decomposition.

This entry is located in the following units: centro-, centr-, centri-, kentro- (page 9) sphero-, spher-, -sphere- (page 13)
spheroidal galaxy, elliptical galaxy, E galaxy
A galaxy whose overall shape ranges from a spheroid to an ellipsoid, without any noticeable structural features.
This entry is located in the following unit: sphero-, spher-, -sphere- (page 14)
spheroidal recovery
The hypothetical return of the earth to a spheroid (spherical) form or shape after it has been distorted.
This entry is located in the following unit: sphero-, spher-, -sphere- (page 14)