Ellipsoid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A geometric surface, all of whose plane sections are either ellipses or circles.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a surface, all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular (includes the sphere)
  • n. Such a surface used as a model of the shape of the earth.
  • adj. Shaped like an ellipse; elliptical.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to an ellipse.
  • adj. Having the tridimensional shape of an ellipse rotated on its long axis.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. See conoid, n., 2 (a).
  • adj. Pertaining to, or shaped like, an ellipsoid.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In geometry, a solid figure all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles.
  • n. In anthropology, a cranium the norma verticalis of which has an ellipsoidal form.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a surface whose plane sections are all ellipses or circles
  • adj. having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid
  • Equivalent
    rounded    ellipsoidal   
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    Variant
    conoid   
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