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Meaning of ellipsoid of revolution | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A spheroid; a solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about one of its axes.

Examples

“An ellipsoid of revolution may be either prolate or oblate.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Ellipsoidal Ellipsoids Ellipsometer ellipsometry Elliptic elliptic curve

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