Definition of "ellipsoids" [ellipsoids]

• Plural form of ellipsoid. (noun)

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• "Always on the lookout for easy results, I experimented first with skinny ellipsoids, and discovered that the top of the Gherkin is too pointed for an ellipsoid to model."
• "Most of the plasma you talk about are inside stars, yet, most stars are spheres, or if rotating, ellipsoids."
• "A man is not a stick with a circle on top, but it may be useful to see him as a bunch of ellipsoids, cilinders, etc, and to make more and more refined models of the kind."