ellipsoidal
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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
Even if the clumped ellipsoidal particles reach the edge of the droplet, they do not pack as closely as round particles.
From US News • Aug. 18, 2011
Some importance attaches to the form of the pollen grains; the two principal forms are ellipsoidal with longitudinal bands forming the Convolvulus-type, and a spherical form with a spiny surface known as the Ipomaea-type.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
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