Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SPHE-ROID'AL, or SPHE-ROID'IC
SPHE-ROID'AL, or SPHE-ROID'IC, a. [or SPHE-ROID'IC-AL.]
- Having the form of a spheroid. – Cheyne.
- In crystalography, bounded by several convex faces.
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