1. ellipsoid - Noun
2. ellipsoid - Adjective
3. ellipsoid - Adjective Satellite
A solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. See Conoid, n., 2 (a).
Alt. of Ellipsoidal
Source: Webster's dictionarythe 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