ALL meanings of ellipsoid
- noun ellipsoid A three-dimensional figure whose plane sections are ellipses or circles. 1
- noun ellipsoid a geometric surface, symmetrical about the three coordinate axes, whose plane sections are ellipses or circles. Standard equation: x2/a2 + y2/b2 + z2/c2 = 1, where ±a, ±b, ±c are the intercepts on the x-, y-, and z- axes 0
- noun ellipsoid a solid having this shape 0
- noun ellipsoid a solid formed by rotating an ellipse around either axis: its plane sections are all ellipses or circles 0
- noun ellipsoid the surface of such a solid 0
- adjective ellipsoid of or shaped like an ellipsoid 0
- noun ellipsoid (mathematics) a surface, all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular (includes the sphere). 0
- noun ellipsoid (geography) Such a surface used as a model of the shape of the earth. 0
- adjective ellipsoid Shaped like an ellipse; elliptical. 0
- adjective ellipsoid (mathematics) Of or pertaining to an ellipse. 0
- adjective ellipsoid (botany) Having the tridimensional shape of an ellipse rotated on its long axis. 0