Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Adjective

The word "ellipsoid" can be used as noun, adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Bessel ellipsoid Hayford ellipsoid Jacobi ellipsoid ellipsoid geodesic ellipsoid method ellipsoid of revolution ellipsoid packing hemiellipsoid hyperellipsoid scalene ellipsoid triaxial ellipsoid

Derived From

ellipse

Context

botany geography geometry mathematics

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

plane figure quadric quadric surface two-dimensional figure

Type Of (IsA)

bilaterally symmetric object closed surface region convex thing finite spatial thing finite surface region geometrical figure manifold plane figure round thing three dimensional shape two dimensional shape

Related Terms

ellipsoidal ellipsoidal geoid globoid globose oblong ovoid subellipsoid

Related Terms

axis cartesian coordinates circular cross section earth ellipse ellipsoidal elliptic elliptical geoid globoid globose model oblong ovoid quadric rotate shaped sphere subellipsoid surface tridimensional

Similar Terms

rounded

Synonym Network

ellipsoidal

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.