Definitions
having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid
Word origin
From ellipse + -oid.
Used in a sentence
“Polarizability can be imagined as a three-dimensional ellipsoid centred on the centre of the molecule, as shown in Figure 10.4.”
“As mentioned before, modern geodetic datums rely on the surfaces of geocentric ellipsoids to approximate the surface of the earth.”
“Here the geoid is thirty meters below the ellipsoid.”
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