- A
spheroid, also
known as an
ellipsoid of
revolution or
rotational ellipsoid, is a
quadric surface obtained by
rotating an
ellipse about one of its prin****l...
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Oblate spheroidal coordinates are a three-dimensional
orthogonal coordinate system that
results from
rotating the two-dimensional
elliptic coordinate system...
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Spheroidal weathering is a form of
chemical weathering that
affects jointed bedrock and
results in the
formation of
concentric or
spherical layers of highly...
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Prolate spheroidal coordinates are a three-dimensional
orthogonal coordinate system that
results from
rotating the two-dimensional
elliptic coordinate...
- Hammerscale, also
written hammer scale, is a
flaky or
spheroidal byproduct of the iron
forging process (for
modern equivalent, see mill scale). Hammerscale...
- Center), or in a
spheroidal galactic bulge around the
galactic core. However, some
stars inhabit a
spheroidal halo or
galactic spheroid, a type of galactic...
- 0° The
equator is a
circle of
latitude that
divides a
spheroid, such as Earth, into the
Northern and
Southern hemispheres. On Earth, the
Equator is an...
- An
Earth ellipsoid or
Earth spheroid is a
mathematical figure approximating the Earth's form, used as a
reference frame for com****tions in geodesy, astronomy...
- A
Maclaurin spheroid is an
oblate spheroid which arises when a self-gravitating
fluid body of
uniform density rotates with a
constant angular velocity...
- length, then the
ellipsoid is an
ellipsoid of revolution, also
called a
spheroid. In this case, the
ellipsoid is
invariant under a
rotation around the third...