Ellipsoid of revolution Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes
spheroid.
- it looked like a sphere but on closer examination I saw it was really a spheroid
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- a spheroid; a solid figure generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its axes. It is called a prolate spheroid, or prolatum, when the ellipse is revolved about the major axis, and an oblate spheroid, or oblatum, when it is revolved about the minor axis.
