ELLIPSOID OF REVOLUTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ellipsoid of revolution mean? 

• ELLIPSOID OF REVOLUTION (noun)
  The noun ELLIPSOID OF REVOLUTION has 1 sense:

1. a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes

  Familiarity information: ELLIPSOID OF REVOLUTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELLIPSOID OF REVOLUTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

ellipsoid of revolution; spheroid

Context example:

it looked like a sphere but on closer examination I saw it was really a spheroid

Hypernyms ("ellipsoid of revolution" is a kind of...):

round shape (a shape that is curved and without sharp angles)