The Earth is an ellipsoid. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He selected a ridge ellipsoid, moved to emplace it. From Wordnik.com. [Nor Crystal Tears]
The ellipsoid passage of the planets around the sun. From Wordnik.com. [Underworld] Reference
For an ellipsoid planet, however, that would be an error. From Wordnik.com. [Rabett Run] Reference
An open ellipsoid appeared in the middle of the cell bars. From Wordnik.com. [Splinter Of The Mind's Eye]
FRUIT: To 2 cm long, round to ellipsoid, green ripening to red. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
FRUITS: Shortly ellipsoid, with light green longitudinal lines. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
The ellipsoid tore like paper in halt a dozen, two dozen places. From Wordnik.com. [Bloodhype]
The shape of the Earth's surface can be described as an ellipsoid. From Wordnik.com. [Maps] Reference
Vegetative cells cylindric (rodlets), ellipsoid or ovoid, and straight. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
FRUITS: Round or ellipsoid to 2.5 cm long, glossy purple-black when ripe. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
"Earth's ellipsoid" means a mathematical model of the surface of the earth. From Wordnik.com. [Memorandum Between The Us And Russian Federation] Reference
Ghosn had shaped six hundred such blocks, each a segment of a full ellipsoid. From Wordnik.com. [The Sum of all Fears]
The proximity alarm trilled: the Komitadji's bow had touched the focal ellipsoid. From Wordnik.com. [Angelmass]
The coils can be of different sizes and shapes: rectangular, circular or ellipsoid. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: January 23, 2005 - January 29, 2005 Archives] Reference
Elliptical: oblong-oval, the ends equally rounded, together forming an even ellipsoid. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
It was a squared ellipsoid, nothing like the familiar triangular hatches on theZinramm. From Wordnik.com. [Nor Crystal Tears]
It was a squared ellipsoid, nothing like the familiar triangular hatches on the Zinramm. From Wordnik.com. [Nor Crystal Tears]
His progress was as predictable as the elegant, ellipsoid mathematics of a yo-yo's path. From Wordnik.com. [Prayers To Broken Stones]
Grain is tightly enclosed by the hardened glume and its palea and is oblong or ellipsoid. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
It has shallowly lobed leaves and sub-globose or ellipsoid orange-red fruits to 6 cm long. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
FRUIT: Up to 4 cm long, ellipsoid, green with longitudinal lines, turning orange when ripe. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
The kernels are small and are often enclosed in long ellipsoid husklike coverings (glumes). From Wordnik.com. [11. Sorghum: Fuel and Utility Types] Reference
An ellipsoid is a three-dimensional shape that departs slightly from a purely spherical form. From Wordnik.com. [Maps] Reference
It is not uncommon to derive a different search ellipsoid to use within different rock types. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo in India « Climate Audit] Reference
But the blast back to shape an ellipsoid home to Luna was a brand-new, unpremeditated problem. From Wordnik.com. [The Rolling Stones]
Then it elongated into an ellipsoid, its surface began to pucker, to form folds and indentations. From Wordnik.com. [2010 Odyssey Two]
Exterior glass bulb ellipsoid or fungiform transparent or inside-coated with or without reflecting layer. From Wordnik.com. [5. Light Sources for Illuminating Purposes] Reference
During the Depression its grassy ellipsoid was set aside by the city's parks commission for "soapbox speeches.". From Wordnik.com. [The Shape of Dread]
The fruit, which is allowed to fall to the ground naturally, is a spherical, ellipsoid berry about 3-5 cm long. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
"First half-orbit of launch" means 180 degrees of arc measured along the earth's ellipsoid from the point of launch. From Wordnik.com. [Memorandum Between The Us And Russian Federation] Reference
In African races of the plant these bulbils are sharply angled, while those of Asian races are spherical to ellipsoid. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 37] Reference
The Balloon is, as before stated, an ellipsoid or solid oval; in length, 13 feet 6 inches, and in height, 6 feet 8 inches. From Wordnik.com. [A Project for Flying In Earnest at Last!] Reference
· Measure distances (WGS84 ellipsoid) by polyline. From Wordnik.com. [Softpedia - Windows - All] Reference
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