ellipsoid
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a surface whose plane sections are all ellipses or circles
the Earth is an ellipsoid
Types & categories
- plane figure hypernym
Related & opposite
- ellipsoid derivation
Sense 2 adjective
having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ellipsoid |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | plane figure |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ellipsoid |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spheroid |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | rounded |