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Ovality vs Ellipticity - What's the difference?

ovality | ellipticity |

As nouns the difference between ovality and ellipticity

is that ovality is a measurement of deviation from circularity of an oval or approximately elliptical shape while ellipticity is the condition of being elliptical (flattened from perfect circular or spherical form.

ovality

English

Noun

(wikipedia ovality) (ovalities)
  • (engineering) a measurement of deviation from circularity of an oval or approximately elliptical shape.

    • See also

    * eccentricity

    ellipticity

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The condition of being elliptical (flattened from perfect circular or spherical form)
  • (countable, mathematics) A measure of this flattening that is a function of the ellipse's equatorial and polar radii

    • See also

    * oblate * prolate