ellipsoidal
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Their forms match the aerodynamic shapes typical of tektites, including spheres, ellipsoids, droplets, disks, dumbbells, and twisted shapes.
From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2026
Inspecting the displacement ellipsoids shows that the ellipsoid of C1D looks normal, while that of N3D is clearly distended.
From Nature • Mar. 28, 2017
Now that we are familiar with the spherical coordinate system, let’s find the volume of some known geometric figures, such as spheres and ellipsoids.
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
“We immediately found you could do better than 72 percent,” said Dr. Chaikin, who had earlier worked with Dr. Torquato on the packing of squashed spheres, or ellipsoids.
From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2010
The sun, rising out of the Adriatic, turns into ellipsoids of silver the aluminum-colored observation balloons which form the city's first line of aerial defense.
From Italy at War and the Allies in the West by Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander)
