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ellipsoid - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'ellipsoid' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Ellipsoid [ a.]
- Alt. of Ellipsoidal
2 . Ellipsoid [ n.]
- A solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. See Conoid, n., 2 (a).

Meaning of 'ellipsoid' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . ellipsoid [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a surface whose plane sections are all ellipses or circles
Example in sentence:
  • the Earth is an ellipsoid