ellipsoid

Meanings

Plural: ellipsoids

Noun

• a surface whose plane sections are all ellipses or circles
  • "the Earth is an ellipsoid"
• A surface, all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular (including the sphere), that generalises the ellipse and in Cartesian coordinates (x, y, z) is a quadric with equation x²/a² + y²/b² + z²/c² = 1.
• Such a surface used as a model of the shape of the earth.

Adjective Satellite

• having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid

Adj

• Shaped like an ellipse; elliptical.
• Of or pertaining to an ellipse; elliptic.
• Having the tridimensional shape of an ellipse rotated on its long axis.

Synonyms

ellipsoidal, spheroidal

Related Words

ellipsoidal, geoid, globoid, globose, oblong, ovoid, subellipsoid

Anagrams of ellipsoid