Usually means: Three-dimensional, elongated, spherical-like shapes.
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  1. ellipsoids: Merriam-Webster
  2. ellipsoids: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ellipsoids: Vocabulary.com
  4. ellipsoids: Wordnik
  5. ellipsoids: Wiktionary
  6. ellipsoids: Dictionary.com
  7. Ellipsoids: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Ellipsoids: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Ellipsoids: Encyclopedia

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  1. Ellipsoids: Medical dictionary

(Note: See ellipsoid as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (ellipsoid)

noun:  (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.
noun:  (geography) Such a surface used as a model of the shape of the earth.
adjective:  Shaped like an ellipse; elliptical.
adjective:  (mathematics) Of or pertaining to an ellipse; elliptic.
adjective:  (botany) Having the tridimensional shape of an ellipse rotated on its long axis.
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