About The Word Ellipsoid
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Ellipsoid
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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 \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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