"ellipsoid" meaning in English

See ellipsoid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪˈlɪp.sɔɪd/ [UK], /ɪˈlɪp.sɔɪd/ [US], /əˈlɪp.sɔɪd/ [US], /iˈlɪp.sɔɪd/ [US], /əˈlɪp.soɪd/ [Australia], /ɪˈlɪp.soɪd/ [Australia] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-ellipsoid.wav [US] Forms: more ellipsoid [comparative], most ellipsoid [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English ellipse Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English ellipsoid From ellipse + -oid. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|ellipse|-oid|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English ellipse Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English ellipsoid [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "-oid", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "connective", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "connective", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ο-", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-o-", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "adjectival", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "form", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "seeing", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "see", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*weyd-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "athematic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*wéydos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*wéidos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "εἶδος", "lang" : "grc" }, { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-ēs", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "id" : "athematic", "status" : { "1" : "ine-pro", "id" : "athematic", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ēs", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ης", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ειδής", "gloss" : "-oid, -like", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-oīdēs", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-oid", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "ellipsoid", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="ellipsoid"> From 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 Categories (other): Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 11 11 33 37 8
  2. (mathematics) Of or pertaining to an ellipse; elliptic. Translations (of or pertaining to an ellipse): elliptinen (Finnish)
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  3. (botany) Having the tridimensional shape of an ellipse rotated on its long axis. Translations (having the shape of an ellipse rotated on its long axis): soikea (Finnish), ellipsoidinen (Finnish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ellipsoidal, globoid, ovoid, globose, oblong

Noun

IPA: /ɪˈlɪp.sɔɪd/ [UK], /ɪˈlɪp.sɔɪd/ [US], /əˈlɪp.sɔɪd/ [US], /iˈlɪp.sɔɪd/ [US], /əˈlɪp.soɪd/ [Australia], /ɪˈlɪp.soɪd/ [Australia] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-ellipsoid.wav [US] Forms: ellipsoids [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English ellipse Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English ellipsoid From ellipse + -oid. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|ellipse|-oid|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English ellipse Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English ellipsoid [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "-oid", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "connective", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "connective", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ο-", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-o-", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "adjectival", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "form", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "seeing", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "see", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*weyd-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "athematic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*wéydos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*wéidos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "εἶδος", "lang" : "grc" }, { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-ēs", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "id" : "athematic", "status" : { "1" : "ine-pro", "id" : "athematic", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ēs", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ης", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ειδής", "gloss" : "-oid, -like", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-oīdēs", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-oid", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "ellipsoid", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="ellipsoid"> From 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. Translations (surface all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular): elipsoide [masculine] (Asturian), উপবৃত্তাকার (upobrittakar) (Bengali), el·lipsoide [masculine] (Catalan), 橢球 /椭球 (tuǒqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), elipsoid [masculine] (Czech), ellipsoidi (Finnish), ellipsoïde [masculine] (French), elipsoide [masculine] (Galician), Ellipsoid [neuter] (German), Ellipsoide [feminine] (German), ellipszoid (Hungarian), sporvala (Icelandic), ellissoide [masculine] (Italian), эллипсоид (èlliypsoıyd) (Kazakh), elipsoide [masculine] (Portuguese), elipsoid (Romanian), эллипсо́ид (ellipsóid) [masculine] (Russian), elipsoide [masculine] (Spanish), ellipsoid [common-gender] (Swedish), ทรงรี (song-rii) (Thai), ê-líp-xô-ít (Vietnamese), elipxoit (Vietnamese), elipsoid (Zazaki)
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  2. (geography) Such a surface used as a model of the shape of the earth.
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Hypernyms: quadric surface, quadric Related terms: ellipsoidal, subellipsoid, geoid

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    {
      "form": "more ellipsoid",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "most ellipsoid",
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        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    },
    {
      "word": "globoid"
    },
    {
      "word": "ovoid"
    },
    {
      "word": "globose"
    },
    {
      "word": "oblong"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "Shaped like an ellipse; elliptical."
      ],
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        [
          "Shaped",
          "shaped"
        ],
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          "ellipse",
          "ellipse"
        ],
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          "elliptical",
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        ]
      ]
    },
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        "en:Mathematics"
      ],
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        "Of or pertaining to an ellipse; elliptic."
      ],
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        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
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          "elliptic",
          "elliptic"
        ]
      ],
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        "(mathematics) Of or pertaining to an ellipse; elliptic."
      ],
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        "sciences"
      ]
    },
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        "en:Botany"
      ],
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        "Having the tridimensional shape of an ellipse rotated on its long axis."
      ],
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        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "tridimensional",
          "tridimensional"
        ],
        [
          "rotate",
          "rotate"
        ],
        [
          "axis",
          "axis"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) Having the tridimensional shape of an ellipse rotated on its long axis."
      ],
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        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ɪˈlɪp.sɔɪd/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈlɪp.sɔɪd/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈlɪp.sɔɪd/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/iˈlɪp.sɔɪd/",
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        "US"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈlɪp.soɪd/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈlɪp.soɪd/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to an ellipse",
      "word": "elliptinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "having the shape of an ellipse rotated on its long axis",
      "word": "soikea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "having the shape of an ellipse rotated on its long axis",
      "word": "ellipsoidinen"
    }
  ],
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}

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