Celestial Body Shapes

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noun a three-dimensional oval or egg shape

adjective having the shape of an ellipsoid

  • The shape of the planet Earth can be approximated as an ellipsoid.
  • The basketball player's head is shaped like an ellipsoid.
  • That car's body looks like a big ellipsoid.
  • Her thoughts seemed to orbit around a mental ellipsoid, never quite settling on one idea.