单词	ellipsoid
释义	ellipsoid /ɪˈlɪpsɔɪd / noun A three-dimensional figure symmetrical about each of three perpendicular axes, whose plane sections normal to one axis are circles and all the other plane sections are ellipses.It was found that the maximum total force is experienced when the major axis of the ellipsoid is perpendicular to the flow and the minimum when it is aligned.... He gave a proof of a result due to Maclaurin, that the attractions at an external point lying on the principal axis of two confocal ellipsoids was proportional to their masses. The shape of the red cell during the tank-tread motion resembles a triaxial ellipsoid with the longest axis almost parallel to the direction of the undisturbed flow. Derivatives ellipsoidal /ɛlɪpˈsɔɪd(ə)l / adjective ... The particles may have any shape or size, but they are generally spherical, ellipsoidal, polyhedral, or irregular in shape. The oil-bearing fluid inclusion morphologies include spherical, oval, ellipsoidal, lath-like and irregular shapes, although there is no obvious relationship between inclusion morphology and quartz cement history. A primary concave parabolic mirror converges the light to one focus of a concave ellipsoidal mirror.
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