Definition of Ellipsoid of revolution

1. 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"

Exact synonyms: Spheroid
Generic synonyms: Round Shape
Derivative terms: Spheroidal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ellipsoid Of Revolution

ellagitannins
ellebore
elleborin
elleck
ellenbergerite
ellestadite
ellestadites
ellipse
ellipsed
ellipses
ellipsing
ellipsis
ellipsograph
ellipsographs
ellipsoid
ellipsoid of revolution (current term)
ellipsoidal
ellipsoidal joint
ellipsoidally
ellipsoids
ellipsometer
ellipsometers
ellipsometric
ellipsometry
ellipsosome
ellipt
elliptic
elliptic-lanceolate
elliptic curve
elliptic function

Literary usage of Ellipsoid of revolution

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the Mathematical Theories of Attraction and the Figure of the by Isaac Todhunter (1873)
"prolate ellipsoid of revolution in II. We will develop his argument. Begin with the sphere having CA for radius ; if we change the radius which lies along ..."

2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The capacity С of the ellipsoid of revolution is therefore given by the expression C~2jJ v7?+7J ' l_l f * л (7) If the ellipsoid is one of revolution round ..."

3. On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences by Mary Somerville (1840)
"FIGURE OF THE EARTH, SUPPOSING IT TO BE AN ellipsoid of revolution. MENSURATION OF A DEGREE OF THE MERIDIAN. COMPRESSION AND SIZE OF THE EARTH FROM DEGREES ..."

4. A System of Analytic Mechanics by Benjamin Peirce (1855)
"When the ellipsoid is a homogeneous oblate ellipsoid of revolution the various formula) become Ay. = Ay, ' -j- (r2 — Al + Al} tan2* = Al — Al: * ; Px f ..."

5. Elements of Analytic Geometry by George Albert Wentworth (1886)
"Ellipsoid of Revolution. An Ellipsoid of Revolution, or Spheroid, is a surface that may be generated by an ellipse revolving about one of its axes. ..."

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