ellipsoid of revolution

el·lip·soi·dofrevolution

uncommon

noun

a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes

“it looked like a sphere but on closer examination I saw it was really a spheroid”

Synonyms

Elliott's goldenrod ellipse ellipsis ellipsoid ellipsoidal elliptic elliptical ellipticity elliptic geometry elliptic leaf

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