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spheroid
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spheroid

Volume formed by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes; special case of ellipsoid

Entitymathematical objectQ208395

Also known as ellipsoid of revolution · rotational ellipsoid

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Overview

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26 statements · 23% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Defining formula
  • \frac{x^2}{a^2}+\frac{y^2}{a^2}+\frac{z^2}{b^2}=1
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In defining formula

On other databases

16 identifiers linking spheroid across the web's reference databases