ellipsoidal

1. 1.

   having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid

   Synonymsellipsoidspheroidal

   Similarrounded

Questions about ellipsoidal

What does ellipsoidal mean?

ellipsoidal means "having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid".

How many syllables are in ellipsoidal?

ellipsoidal has 4 syllables: el-lip-soi-dal. The stress falls on "lip".

What is another word for ellipsoidal?

Close synonyms include ellipsoid, spheroidal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ellipsoidal a common word?

ellipsoidal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.