equilibrium spheroid

The shape that the earth would attain if it were entirely covered by a tideless ocean of constant depth.

Related terms:

• international spheroid
• profile of equilibrium
• reference spheroid
• Fischer spheroid of 1960
• Bessel spheroid of 1841
• equilibrium theory
• equilibrium solar tide
• geostrophic equilibrium
• equilibrium line
• adiabatic equilibrium