PugJesus@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 16 days agoTHE EARTH IS SPHERICAL, DIPSHITSlemmy.worldimagemessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1931arrow-down17
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minus-squarerekabis@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down2·16 days agoTechnically the Earth is not spherical… it’s an oblate spheroid.
minus-squarepancakes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·16 days agoMy favorite type of sphere.
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·15 days agoSpheroids are definitively spherical, otherwise they wouldn’t call them that.
minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 days agoNot true. For instance, a humanoid is specifically something that is not human, but human-like. An oval is not a circle, but maybe it’s a “circloid”.
Technically the Earth is not spherical… it’s an oblate spheroid.
My favorite type of sphere.
Spheroids are definitively spherical, otherwise they wouldn’t call them that.
Not true. For instance, a humanoid is specifically something that is not human, but human-like. An oval is not a circle, but maybe it’s a “circloid”.
Close enough