ELLIPSOID OF REVOLUTION
\ɪlˈɪpsɔ͡ɪd ɒv ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən], \ɪlˈɪpsɔɪd ɒv ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən], \ɪ_l_ˈɪ_p_s_ɔɪ_d ɒ_v ɹ_ˌɛ_v_ə_l_ˈuː_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of ELLIPSOID OF REVOLUTION
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a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes; "it looked like a sphere but on closer examination I saw it was really a spheroid"
By Princeton University
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).
Nearby Words
- ellipse
- ellipses
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- ellipsoid or ellipsoidal
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- ellipsoidal joint
- elliptic
- elliptic compasses