Associations to the word «Ellipsoid»

ELLIPSOID, noun. (mathematics) a surface, all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular (includes the sphere)

ELLIPSOID, noun. (geography) Such a surface used as a model of the shape of the earth.

ELLIPSOID, adjective. Shaped like an ellipse; elliptical.

ELLIPSOID, adjective. (mathematics) Of or pertaining to an ellipse.

ELLIPSOID, adjective. (botany) Having the tridimensional shape of an ellipse rotated on its long axis.

ELLIPSOID OF REVOLUTION, noun. (geometry) A spheroid; a solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about one of its axes.

ELLIPSOID, noun. A surface whose plane sections are all ellipses or circles; "the Earth is an ellipsoid".

ELLIPSOID, adjective. Having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid.