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Spheroidal   Listen
adjective
Spheroidal  adj.  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" Quotes from Famous Books



... we climbed Observation Hill to see some examples of spheroidal weathering—Wilson knew of them and guided. The geologists state that they indicate a columnar structure, the tops of the columns ...
— Scott's Last Expedition Volume I • Captain R. F. Scott



Words linked to "Spheroidal" :   ellipsoidal, rounded, spheroid, ellipsoid



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