Meanings
adjectiveellipsoidal (not comparable)
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of ellipsoid.
- not comparablemathematicsOf or pertaining to an ellipsoid.
Fruits are round to ellipsoidal, dark blue to purple drupes, 0.5 in (1.27 cm) long, borne on hanging stalks, mature in mid-to late-summer.
2024, W. John Kress, foreword by Margaret D. Lowman, Smithsonian:Trees of North America, page 740
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving the nature or shape of an ellipsoid
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Origin
- Englishellipse
- Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
- Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
- Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
- Englishellipsoid
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishellipsoidal
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ellipsoidal
colloidalsinusoidaltoroidalsteroidalnonsteroidaltrapezoidalchoroidalspheroidalsigmoidalhemorrhoidalcuboidalsolenoidalasteroidaladenoidalaliethmoidalalkaloidalamygdaloidalbotryoidalchancroidalcoccoidalconchoidalconoidalcrinoidalcrystalloidal
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ellipsoidal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ellipsoidal
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“ellipsoidal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ellipsoidal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ellipsoidal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ellipsoidal.
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