spheroidal
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Further evidence for this spheroidal shape comes from a detailed analysis of galaxies' 3D geometry.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2024
Draco and Sculptor: These are dwarf spheroidal galaxies close to the Milky Way.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2022
Rather than going with the spheroidal shapes tech-makers have embraced, Ikea took the opposite approach, making its speaker a clean-lined square with a single retro-style knob on the front.
From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2018
Ceverino, D., Dekel, A., Tweed, D. & Primack, J. Early formation of massive, compact, spheroidal galaxies with classical profiles by violent disc instability or mergers.
From Nature ● Mar. 11, 2018
Echinoidea.—Eleutherozoa with a test of roughly circular, subpentagonal or elliptical outline, spheroidal, domed or flattened, of primary pentameric symmetry affecting all systems of organs except the gut.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
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