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Ellipsoid   /ɪlˈɪpsɔɪd/   Listen
Ellipsoid

adjective
1.
Having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid.  Synonyms: ellipsoidal, spheroidal.



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ellipsoid of revolution


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"Ellipsoid" Quotes from Famous Books



... pulp slightly viscous and sweet, within which, covered by a membrane, are the two hemispherical coffee beans placed face to face and each covered by a tender pellicle. It is not unusual to find a single bean in the fruit, which then takes the shape of an ellipsoid grooved in its longer axis—and this is called moka owing to the resemblance which it bears to the coffee ...
— Across Unknown South America • Arnold Henry Savage Landor


Words linked to "Ellipsoid" :   two-dimensional figure, rounded, spheroidal, plane figure, ellipsoid of revolution


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