ellipsoids

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A form of ellipsoid — A surface, all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular (including the sphere), that generalises the ellipse and in Cartesian coordinates (x, y, z) is a quadric with equation x²/a² + y²/b² + z²/c² = 1.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of ellipsoid
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