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ELLIPSOIDAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ellipsoidal mean?
• ELLIPSOIDAL (adjective)
The adjective ELLIPSOIDAL has 1 sense:
1. having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid
Familiarity information: ELLIPSOIDAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid
Synonyms:
ellipsoid; ellipsoidal; spheroidal
Similar:
rounded (curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged)
Derivation:
ellipsoid (a surface whose plane sections are all ellipses or circles)
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