ellipsoid
ellipsoid
Definition
el·lip·soid (e lip′so̵id′, i-)
noun
- a solid formed by rotating an ellipse around either axis: its plane sections are all ellipses or circles
- the surface of such a solid
adjective
of or shaped like an ellipsoid
ellipsoid
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- revolution: By modeling the precipitate as an ellipsoid of revolution, the following graph shows how the strain energy is related to the shape.
Converse of object
- define: Points P1 and P2 are considered to match if P2 falls within the ellipsoid defined by the error radii centered on P1.
- design: A mathematical ellipsoid designed to fit the shape of the entire earth.
- give: UTM public UTM ( Ellipsoid ellipsoid, float lat, float lng ) Initialises the UTM converter with the given ellipsoid.
Adjective modifier
- thermal: The principal axes of the thermal ellipsoid can be obtained from the U values via a principal axes transformation.
- anisotropic: These atoms lie at each end of the principal axis of the original atoms anisotropic adp ellipsoid.
- superquadric: Then, the superquadric ellipsoid is a useful object.
- mathematical: A mathematical ellipsoid designed to fit the shape of the entire earth.
Modifies a noun
- datum: The scope of the Place Molecule command has been extended, to allow structures with thermal ellipsoid data to be placed.
- surface: Mean Sea Level may differ from the the ellipsoid surface by a number of meters.
- shape: Another idea is to scale the container object to get an ellipsoid shape that can be used to model a cloud pretty good.
- plot: Fixed an issue in which thermal ellipsoid plots containing custom atom colors became truncated during on-screen rotation.
- parameter: Atoms with thermal ellipsoid parameters can now be safely duplicated.
- setting: Ellipsoid settings can be altered ( see Section 6.4 ).
Noun used with modifier
- reference: Height is the elevation of the mean surface observed at nadir above the reference ellipsoid.
- error: Add the error ellipsoids of each shot to get an error ellipsoid for the entire loop.
- strain: Principal strains, strain ellipsoid and strain ellipse; special types of strain ellipsoid and Flinn plots.
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