"ellipsoid" meaning in All languages combined

See ellipsoid on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪˈlɪp.sɔɪd/ [UK], /ɪˈlɪp.sɔɪd/ [US], /əˈlɪp.sɔɪd/ [US], /iˈlɪp.sɔɪd/ [US], /əˈlɪp.soɪd/ [General-Australian], /ɪˈlɪp.soɪd/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-ellipsoid.wav Forms: more ellipsoid [comparative], most ellipsoid [superlative]
Etymology: From ellipse + -oid. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ellipse|oid}} ellipse + -oid Head templates: {{en-adj}} ellipsoid (comparative more ellipsoid, superlative most ellipsoid)
  1. Shaped like an ellipse; elliptical.
    Sense id: en-ellipsoid-en-adj-bt-O03cY
  2. (mathematics) Of or pertaining to an ellipse; elliptic. Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (of or pertaining to an ellipse): elliptinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-ellipsoid-en-adj-4eNCtmIL Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'of or pertaining to an ellipse': 22 62 16
  3. (botany) Having the tridimensional shape of an ellipse rotated on its long axis. Categories (topical): Botany Translations (having the shape of an ellipse rotated on its long axis): soikea (Finnish), ellipsoidinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-ellipsoid-en-adj-RQdhYxrh Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'having the shape of an ellipse rotated on its long axis': 23 18 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ellipsoidal, globoid, ovoid, globose, oblong

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪˈlɪp.sɔɪd/ [UK], /ɪˈlɪp.sɔɪd/ [US], /əˈlɪp.sɔɪd/ [US], /iˈlɪp.sɔɪd/ [US], /əˈlɪp.soɪd/ [General-Australian], /ɪˈlɪp.soɪd/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-ellipsoid.wav Forms: ellipsoids [plural]
Etymology: From ellipse + -oid. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ellipse|oid}} ellipse + -oid Head templates: {{en-noun}} ellipsoid (plural ellipsoids)
  1. (mathematics, geometry) 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. Categories (topical): Geometry, Mathematics, Surfaces Translations (surface all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular): উপবৃত্তাকার (upobrittakar) (Bengali), el·lipsoide [masculine] (Catalan), elipsoid [masculine] (Czech), ellipsoidi (Finnish), ellipsoïde [masculine] (French), Ellipsoid [neuter] (German), Ellipsoide [feminine] (German), ellipszoid (Hungarian), sporvala (Icelandic), эллипсоид (éllipsoid) (Kazakh), elipsoid (Romanian), эллипсо́ид (ellipsóid) [masculine] (Russian), elipsoide [masculine] (Spanish), ellipsoid [common-gender] (Swedish), ทรงรี (song-rii) (Thai), elipsoid (Zazaki)
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  2. (geography) Such a surface used as a model of the shape of the earth. Categories (topical): Geography
    Sense id: en-ellipsoid-en-noun-FD~p7zCY Topics: geography, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: quadric surface, quadric Derived forms: Bessel ellipsoid, ellipsoid of revolution, ellipsoid geodesic, ellipsoid method, ellipsoid packing, Hayford ellipsoid, Jacobi ellipsoid, scalene ellipsoid [rare], triaxial ellipsoid Related terms: ellipsoidal, subellipsoid, geoid

Noun [Swedish]

Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} ellipsoid c, {{sv-noun|c}} ellipsoid c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-er}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], ellipsoid [indefinite, nominative, singular], ellipsoiden [definite, nominative, singular], ellipsoider [indefinite, nominative, plural], ellipsoiderna [definite, nominative, plural], ellipsoids [genitive, indefinite, singular], ellipsoidens [definite, genitive, singular], ellipsoiders [genitive, indefinite, plural], ellipsoidernas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (mathematics) ellipsoid Tags: common-gender Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-ellipsoid-sv-noun-ZaqKAju0 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Topics: mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
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    },
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        "plural"
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    },
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        "nominative",
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    },
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    },
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
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    },
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        "plural"
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      "expansion": "ellipsoid c",
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        "ellipsoid"
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        "(mathematics) ellipsoid"
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        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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