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The shape of the Earth is _________.

The shape of the Earth is Geoid.


Referring to the shape of the Earth as Geoid, it basically implies ‘Earth Shaped’ or ‘Oblate spheroid’. The Earth is flattened at the poles and bulges at the Equator.


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