ellipsoidal
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of ellipsoidal
Example Sentences
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This is also sometimes called an ellipsoidal joint.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Under the electron microscope, SARS-CoV-2 virions look spherical or ellipsoidal.
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
If you make the particles elongated or ellipsoidal, they deform the air-water interface, which causes the particles to strongly attract one another.
From US News ● Aug. 18, 2011
It may be rounded, oval, ellipsoidal, narrow and cylindrical, oblong terete or furrowed.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by Rangachari, K.
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