Associations to the word «Ellipsoid»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
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.
Dictionary definition
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.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.