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Ellipsoidal
see synonyms of ellipsoidalAdjective
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Ellipsoidal
see synonyms of ellipsoidalnoun
a.
a geometric surface, symmetrical about the three coordinate axes, whose plane sections are ellipses or circles. Standard equation: x2/a2 + y2/b2 + z2/c2 = 1, where ±a, ±b, ±c are the intercepts on the x-, y-, and z- axes
b.
a solid having this shape
the earth is an ellipsoid
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Ellipsoidal
see synonyms of ellipsoidal noun Geometry
1.
a solid formed by rotating an ellipse around either axis: its plane sections are all ellipses or circles
2.
the surface of such a solid
adjective
3.
of or shaped like an ellipsoid
also ˌel‧lip‧ˈsoi‧dal (ˌɛlɪpˈsɔɪdəl; eˌlipsoidˈ'l)Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Ellipsoidal
see synonyms of ellipsoidaln.
A geometric surface, all of whose plane sections are either ellipses or circles.
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