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View definitions for ellipsoidal

ellipsoidal

adjective as in elliptical

adjective as in oblong

adjective as in oval

adjective as in ovate

adjective as in oviform

adjective as in ovoid

adjective as in ovoidal

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Example Sentences

We can see that the virions are spherical or ellipsoidal, with “crowns” of spikes on their surfaces.

They give the mountain’s “ellipsoidal” height — the height of the summit above a smoothed geometric model of the Earth.

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.

However, these models do not account for both a polar and an ellipsoidal component being present and influencing each other.

From Nature

It sits in a spherical or ellipsoidal liquid-filled chamber lined with sensory hairs.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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