ellipsoid

Speech parts

1. ellipsoid - Noun

2. ellipsoid - Adjective

3. ellipsoid - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

A solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. See Conoid, n., 2 (a).

Alt. of Ellipsoidal

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ellipsoidal spheroidal boll oval ellipse elliptic bolus clew orb ball sphere globe bullet rounded bubble
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Antonyms

square concave angular acerate angulate

Hypernyms

plane figure two-dimensional figure

Phrases with the word

Hayford ellipsoid Bessel ellipsoid

Examples

the Earth is an ellipsoid Source: Internet

A further conformal transformation from the sphere to the plane gives a conformal double projection from the ellipsoid to the plane. Source: Internet

Auxiliary latitudes are often employed in projecting the ellipsoid. Source: Internet

Based on Bessel's ellipsoid and legally equal to 443.44 lines on the toise du Pérou (a standard French unit of length from 1747). Source: Internet

Datums may be global, meaning that they represent the whole earth, or they may be local, meaning that they represent a best-fit ellipsoid to only a portion of the earth. Source: Internet

Earth is not a sphere, but rather an ellipsoid that is flattened at the poles. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

ellipsism ellipsocone ellipsograph ellipsoid of revolution ellipsoidal ellipsoidally