ellipsoid noun & adjective. [ɪ'lɪpsɔɪd] E18.
[from ELLIPSE + -OID.]
A. noun. A solid or surface of which at least one set of parallel cross-sections are ellipses and the rest circles. E18.
ellipsoid of revolution: obtained by rotating an ellipse about one of its axes.
b. adjective. = ellipsoidal. M19.

■ ellip'soidal adjective having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid M19.

■ ellip'soidally adverb L19.

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