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Ellipsoid

Ellipsoid Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ellipsoid? [n] a surface whose plane sections are all ellipses or circles; "the Earth is an ellipsoid" [adj] in the form of an ellipse Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ellipsoid: ellipsoidal \| non-circular \| rounded \| spheroidal Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ellipsoid: ball \| balloon \| bladder \| blob \| boll \| bolus \| bubble \| bulb \| bulbil \| bulblet \| geoid \| globe \| globelet \| globoid \| globule \| glomerulus \| gob \| gobbet \| knob \| knot \| oblate spheroid \| orb \| orbit \| orblet \| pellet \| prolate spheroid \| rondure \| sphere \| spheroid \| spherule See Also \| plane figure \| two-dimensional figure Ellipsoid In Webster's Dictionary \Ellip"soid\, n. [Ellipse + -oid: cf. F. ellipsoide.] (Geom.) A solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. See {Conoid}, n., 2 (a) . Note: The ellipsoid has three principal plane sections, a, b, and c, each at right angles to the other two, and each dividing the solid into two equal and symmetrical parts. The lines of meeting of these principal sections are the axes, or principal diameters of the ellipsoid. The point where the three planes meet is the center. {Ellipsoid of revolution}, a spheroid; a solid figure generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its axes. It is called a prolate spheroid, or prolatum, when the ellipse is revolved about the major axis, and an oblate spheroid, or oblatum, when it is revolved about the minor axis. \Ellip"soid\, Ellipsoidal \El`lip*soi"dal\, a. Pertaining to, or shaped like, an ellipsoid; as, ellipsoid or ellipsoidal form.

Ellipsoid Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ellipsoid?

[n] a surface whose plane sections are all ellipses or circles; "the Earth is an ellipsoid"
[adj] in the form of an ellipse

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ellipsoid: ellipsoidal | non-circular | rounded | spheroidal

See Also | plane figure | two-dimensional figure

Ellipsoid In Webster's Dictionary

\El*lip"soid\, n. [Ellipse + -oid: cf. F. ellipsoide.]
(Geom.)
A solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles.
See {Conoid}, n., 2
(a) .

Note: The ellipsoid has three principal plane sections, a, b,
      and c, each at right angles to the other two, and each
      dividing the solid into two equal and symmetrical
      parts. The lines of meeting of these principal sections
      are the axes, or principal diameters of the ellipsoid.
      The point where the three planes meet is the center.

{Ellipsoid of revolution}, a spheroid; a solid figure
   generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its
   axes. It is called a prolate spheroid, or prolatum, when
   the ellipse is revolved about the major axis, and an
   oblate spheroid, or oblatum, when it is revolved about the
   minor axis.


\El*lip"soid\, Ellipsoidal \El`lip*soi"dal\, a.
Pertaining to, or shaped like, an ellipsoid; as, ellipsoid or
ellipsoidal form.

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