Spheroid

['sfɪərɒɪd] or ['sfɪrɔɪd]

Definition

(noun.) a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes; 'it looked like a sphere but on closer examination I saw it was really a spheroid'.

Editor: Pasquale--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A body or figure approaching to a sphere, but not perfectly spherical; esp., a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its axes.

Editor: Nicolas