ellipsoidal

[ ih-lip-soid-l, el-ip-, ee-lip- ]

adjective

1. pertaining to or having the form of an ellipsoid.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ellipsoidal¹

First recorded in 1825–35; ellipsoid + -al ¹

Example Sentences

Form truly meets function in this gorgeous ellipsoidal speaker.

From Popular-Science

Thus the cell outline is clearly marked, the nucleus large and spherical or ellipsoidal.

From Project Gutenberg

Finally the nuclear disc assumes an ellipsoidal form and becomes the nuclear body.

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Ovoid or ellipsoidal branchlets or receptacles, single or in groups, occur at intervals along the sides of both stem and branches.

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Frond long, slender, repeatedly branched; air-vessels ellipsoidal and "chained" together in the lower half of the branches.

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Frustules globose, ellipsoidal or cylindrical, concatenate, closely joined together.

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Related Words

• elliptical