Ellipsoid vs Globular - What's the difference?
ellipsoid | globular |
(mathematics) a surface, all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular (includes the sphere)
(geography) Such a surface used as a model of the shape of the earth.
Shaped like an ellipse; elliptical.
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to an ellipse.
(botany) Having the tridimensional shape of an ellipse rotated on its long axis.
As nouns the difference between ellipsoid and globular
is that ellipsoid is ellipsoid (surface all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular) while globular is (astronomy) a globular cluster.As an adjective globular is
roughly spherical in shape.ellipsoid
English
Noun
(wikipedia ellipsoid) (en noun)- Here the geoid is thirty meters below the ellipsoid .