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Synonyms for ellipsoidal

Grammar : Adj
Spell : ih-lip-soid-l, el-ip-, ee-lip-
Phonetic Transcription : ɪ lɪpˈsɔɪd l, ˌɛl ɪp-, ˌi lɪp-

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Définition of ellipsoidal

  • As in oblong : adj elongated and rounded
  • As in oval : adj long and rounded in shape
  • As in ovate : adj oval
  • As in oviform : adj oval
  • As in ovoid : adj oval
  • As in ovoidal : adj oval
  • As in elliptical : adj oval-shaped
Example sentences :
  • The cups are small, varying much in color and the sporidia are ellipsoidal.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • Here it is usually enclosed in the cephalis and is spherical, ellipsoidal or spheroidal, often flattened almost into a disc.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Cortical shell twice as long as broad, with rough surface, four times as large as the ellipsoidal medullary shell.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Differs from the preceding in the ellipsoidal form of both medullary shells, and in the finer structure of the spongy framework.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • The Ellipsoidal Central Capsule, with one axis elongated, so that it becomes the vertical main axis of the body.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Therefore Phatnaspis repeats the characteristic formation of Coscinaspis, from which it differs in its ellipsoidal shell.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Shell composed of four concentric shells, two ellipsoidal cortical shells, and two spherical medullary shells.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Medullary shell (fig. 9) half as large as the cortical, ellipsoidal and papillate, with regular, circular pores.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • This species being observed alive, showed a transparent central capsule of ellipsoidal form, two-thirds as large as the shell.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Small animals with ellipsoidal form and about twice as long as broad.
  • Extract from : « Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole » by Gary N. Calkins
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