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ellipsoidal

[ih-lip-soid-l, el-ip-, ee-lip-] / ɪ lɪpˈsɔɪd l, ˌɛl ɪp-, ˌi lɪp- /
ADJECTIVE
elliptical
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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

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

Key to the Species of Badhamia A. Spores ovoid or ellipsoidal a.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)