ellipsoidal
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of ellipsoidal
Example Sentences
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Under low magnetic fields, the Fermi surface appeared to be three-dimensional and roughly ellipsoidal.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
This is also sometimes called an ellipsoidal joint.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
We can see that the virions are spherical or ellipsoidal, with “crowns” of spikes on their surfaces.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 25, 2020
The ellipsoidal shape, roughly 15 feet across and suspended from the ceiling, is composed of 230 chrome-plated aluminum rods poking out from a mirrored sphere, about a third of them tipped with electric lights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2018
The potential of such a shell at any internal point is constant, and the equipotential surfaces for external space are ellipsoids confocal with the ellipsoidal shell.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
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