ellipsoid

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/ɪˈlɪp.sɔɪd/    /ɪˈlɪp.sɔɪd/|/əˈlɪp.sɔɪd/|/iˈlɪp.sɔɪd/|/əˈlɪp.soɪd/|/ɪˈlɪp.soɪd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
    — Polarizability can be imagined as a three-dimensional ellipsoid centred on the centre of the molecule, as shown in Figure 10.4.
  2. Such a surface used as a model of the shape of the earth.
    — Here the geoid is thirty meters below the ellipsoid.
形容词 adj.
  1. Shaped like an ellipse; elliptical.
  2. Of or pertaining to an ellipse; elliptic.
  3. Having the tridimensional shape of an ellipse rotated on its long axis.

词形变化

ellipsoids plural more ellipsoid comparative most ellipsoid superlative

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English ellipse
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *wéydos
Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs)
Latin -oīdēslbor.
English -oid
English ellipsoid
From ellipse + -oid.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English ellipse
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *wéydos
Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs)
Latin -oīdēslbor.
English -oid
English ellipsoid
From ellipse + -oid.
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