ELLIPSOID OF REVOLUTION
\ɪlˈɪpsɔ͡ɪd ɒv ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən], \ɪlˈɪpsɔɪd ɒv ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən], \ɪ_l_ˈɪ_p_s_ɔɪ_d ɒ_v ɹ_ˌɛ_v_ə_l_ˈuː_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of ELLIPSOID OF REVOLUTION
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a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes; "it looked like a sphere but on closer examination I saw it was really a spheroid"
By Princeton University
Nearby Words
- ellipse
- ellipses
- ellipsis
- ellipsograph
- ellipsoid
- ellipsoid of revolution
- ellipsoid or ellipsoidal
- ellipsoidal
- ellipsoidal joint
- elliptic
- elliptic compasses