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ellipsoid
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ellipsoid
a geometric surface, symmetrical about the three coordinate axes, whose plane sections are ellipses or circles. Standard equation: x2/a2 + y2/b2 + z2/c2 = 1, where ?a, ?b, ?c are the intercepts on the x-, y-, and z- axes

ellipsoid [ə′lip‚sȯid]
(mathematics)
A surface whose intersection with every plane is an ellipse (or circle).


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