Spheroid vs Ellipsoid - What's the difference?
spheroid | ellipsoid |
A solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about its major (prolate), or minor (oblate) axis.
(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 spheroid and ellipsoid
is that spheroid is a solid of revolution generated by rotating an ellipse about its major (prolate), or minor (oblate) axis while ellipsoid is a surface, all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular (includes the sphere.As adjectives the difference between spheroid and ellipsoid
is that spheroid is of a shape similar to a squashed sphere while ellipsoid is shaped like an ellipse; elliptical.spheroid
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* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- UFOs are reported as being either oblate (saucer-shaped) or prolate (cigar-shaped) spheroids .
ellipsoid
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(wikipedia ellipsoid) (en noun)- Here the geoid is thirty meters below the ellipsoid .