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Ellipsoid

🔄 Synonyms of "Ellipsoid"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
rounded	Complete or balanced.
ellipsoidal	(mathematics) Of or pertaining to an ellipsoid.
spheroidalnoun	Like a spheroid; roughly spherical.
non-circular	Alternative form of noncircular. [Not circular.]

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ellipsoid"

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Word	Definition
spheroidalnoun	Like a spheroid; roughly spherical.
rounded	Complete or balanced.
non-circular	Alternative form of noncircular. [Not circular.]
prolateverb	Elongated at the poles.
ovalnoun	An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse.
momental	(obsolete) Lasting only for a moment; brief.
oblatenoun	Flattened or depressed at the poles.
drupenoun	(botany) a kind of fruit, with a fleshy exterior, formed from the exocarp and mesocarp, surrounding a hardened endocarp which protects the seed.
elliptoid	Misspelling of ellipsoid. [(mathematics, geometry) A surface, all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular (including the sphere), that generalises the ellipse and in Cartesian coordinates (x, y, z) is a quadric with equation x²/a² + y²/b² + z²/c² = 1.]
hyperellipsoidnoun	(geometry) A figure, related to the hypersphere, having ellipsoidal rather than spherical symmetry
ellipsoid of revolutionnoun	(geometry) A spheroid; a solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about one of its axes.
superellipsenoun	(algebra, geometry) a geometric shape constituting a transition between a rectangle and a circle; a closed curve, of which the circle and ellipse are special cases, whose parametric equation is x = a.cos^(2/r)t, y = b.cos^(2/r)t
ellipsenoun	(geometry) A closed curve, the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point to two other fixed points (called the foci of the ellipse) is constant; equivalently, the conic section that is the intersection of a cone with a plane that does not intersect the base of the cone.
hyperellipsenoun	(geometry) A superellipse: a curve in two dimensions of a certain type, a generalization of the ellipse.
globoidnoun	(mathematics) A spherical representation or projection of a sphere or ellipsoid.
paraboloidnoun	(mathematics) Short for elliptic paraboloid [(mathematics) A surface having parabolic cross sections parallel to an axis and elliptical cross sections perpendicular to the axis; especially the surface of revolution of a parabola.]
elliptic	(geometry) Of or pertaining to an ellipse.
sphericsnoun	(mathematics) The geometry and trigonometry of the surface of a sphere.
oblatumnoun	(geometry) An oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis.
ellipticitynoun	(uncountable) The condition of being elliptical (flattened from perfect circular or spherical form)