A surface whose plane sections are all ellipses or circles.

Roget 247: circularity, roundness; rotundity etc. 249.    circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet^†, annulus, annulet^†, bracelet, armlet; ringlet; eye, loop, wheel; cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band; contrate wheel^†, crown wheel; hub; nave; sash, girdle, cestus^†, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland; crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar; noose, lasso, lassoo^†.    ellipse, oval, ovule; ellipsoid, cycloid; epicycloid [Geom.], epicycle; semicircle; quadrant, sextant, sector.    sphere etc. 249.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 249: rotundity; roundness etc. adj.; cylindricity^†; sphericity, spheroidity^†; globosity^†.    cylinder, cylindroid^†, cylindrical; barrel, drum; roll, roller; rouleau^†, column, rolling-pin, rundle.    cone, conoid^†; pear shape, egg shape, bell shape.    sphere, globe, ball, boulder, bowlder^†; spheroid, ellipsoid; oblong spheroid; oblate spheroid, prolate spheroid; drop, spherule, globule, vesicle, bulb, bullet, pellet, pelote^†, clew, pill, marble, pea, knob, pommel, horn; knot (convolution) 248.    curved surface, hypersphere; hyperdimensional surface.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: ellipsoïde
Pools: elipsoida

Having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid.

synoniemen: ellipsoidal, spheroidal.

Pools: elipsoidalny