Definition:Spheroid/Prolate
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Definition
A prolate spheroid is an ellipsoid which is the solid of revolution formed by rotating an ellipse about its major axis.
Also known as
A prolate spheroid is also known as a prolate ellipsoid.
Also see
- Results about prolate spheroids can be found here.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): ellipsoid
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): ellipsoid