ellipsoidal
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Under low magnetic fields, the Fermi surface appeared to be three-dimensional and roughly ellipsoidal.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
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
Sporangium ellipsoidal or pyriform, stipitate; the wall a thin pellucid membrane, covered with small scales of lime, yellow-gray to greenish-yellow, rupturing at maturity into two to four segments.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan