ellipsoid of revolution

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• Ellipsoid of revolution — Ellipsoid El*lip soid, n. [Ellipse + oid: cf. F. ellipsoide.] (Geom.) A solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. See {Conoid}, n., 2 (a) . [1913 Webster] Note: The ellipsoid has three principal plane sections, a, b, and c, each …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ellipsoid of revolution — sukimosi elipsoidas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. ellipsoid of revolution vok. Drehellipsoid, n; Rotationsellipsoid, n rus. эллипсоид вращения, m pranc. ellipsoïde de révolution, m …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

• ellipsoid of revolution — noun a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes it looked like a sphere but on closer examination I saw it was really a spheroid • Syn: ↑spheroid • Derivationally related forms: ↑spheroidal (for: ↑spheroid) …   Useful english dictionary

• oblate ellipsoid of revolution — Etymology: oblate (II) : the ellipsoid of revolution obtained by revolving an ellipse about its minor axis …   Useful english dictionary

• Ellipsoid — El*lip soid, n. [Ellipse + oid: cf. F. ellipsoide.] (Geom.) A solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. See {Conoid}, n., 2 (a) . [1913 Webster] Note: The ellipsoid has three principal plane sections, a, b, and c, each at right… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ellipsoid — /i lip soyd/, n. 1. Geom. a solid figure all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. Typical equation: (x2/a2) + (y2/b2) + (z2/c2) = 1. adj. 2. ellipsoidal. [1715 25; < F ellipsoïde. See ELLIPSE, OID] * * * ▪ geometry       closed… …   Universalium

• ellipsoid — Conoid Co noid (k[=o] noid), n. [Gr. kwnoeidh s conical; kw^nos cone + e i^dos form: cf. F. cono[ i]de.] 1. Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geom.) (a) A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Index ellipsoid — In optics, an index ellipsoid is a diagram of an ellipsoid that depicts the orientation and relative magnitude of refractive indices in a crystal. The equation for the ellipsoid is constructed using the electric displacement vector D and the… …   Wikipedia

• Oblate ellipsoid — Oblate Ob*late , a. [L. oblatus, used as p. p. of offerre to bring forward, offer, dedicate; ob (see {Ob }) + latus borne, for tlatus. See {Tolerate}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Geom.) Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth is an oblate… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Prolate ellipsoid — Prolate Pro late, a. [L. prolatus, used as p. p. of proferre to bring forth, to extend; pro + latus, p. p. See {Pro }, and {Tolerate}. ] Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ellipsoïde de révolution — sukimosi elipsoidas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. ellipsoid of revolution vok. Drehellipsoid, n; Rotationsellipsoid, n rus. эллипсоид вращения, m pranc. ellipsoïde de révolution, m …   Fizikos terminų žodynas