Definition & Meaning of "ellipsoid"in English

Ellipsoid

a three-dimensional shape similar to a stretched or compressed sphere

Grammatical Information

Animacy status

Inanimate

Composition

Compound

Countable

singular

not gender specific

Plural form

ellipsoids

Examples

The Earth is often approximated as an oblate ellipsoid due to its slightly flattened shape at the poles.

ellipsoid

having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid

Grammatical Information

Composition

Compound

relational

ungradable

domain

geometry, shape, mathematics

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