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Ellipsoid
01
a three-dimensional shape similar to a stretched or compressed sphere
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Plural form
ellipsoids
Examples
The Earth is often approximated as an oblate ellipsoid due to its slightly flattened shape at the poles.
ellipsoid
01
having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
relational
ungradable
Lexical Tree
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