ellipsoid of revolution

British

noun

Also called: spheroid. a geometric surface produced by rotating an ellipse about one of its two axes and having circular plane surfaces perpendicular to the axis of revolution

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This can be obtained by considering the disk56 as a limiting case of an oblate ellipsoid of revolution, charged to potential V, say.

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A surface expressing the optical relations of such crystals is thus an ellipsoid of revolution about the optic axis.

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Accordingly the distribution of electricity is such that equal parallel slices of the ellipsoid of revolution taken normal to the axis of revolution carry equal charges on their curved surface.

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