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Word: ellipsoid (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • mathematics of or pertaining to an ellipse; ellipsoidal
  • Shaped like a symmetrical oval that is evenly tapered on both ends.
  • Shaped like an ellipse; elliptical.

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Noun:

  • geography Such a surface used as a model of the shape of the earth.
  • mathematics a surface, all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular (includes the sphere)

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