el|lip|soid

el|lip|soid
el|lip|soid «ih LIHP soyd», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. a solid figure of which all plane sections are ellipses or circles.
2. any surface of such a solid.
–adj.
having to do with or in the form of an ellipsoid.

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