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subellipsoidal

subellipsoidal adjective: somewhat ellipsoidal.

Adjective

subellipsoidal (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat ellipsoidal.
    • This considerable variation (68%) is due to the subellipsoidal form of the protoconch.2016 January 14, “Paleobiology of the Latest Tithonian (Late Jurassic) Ammonite Salinites grossicostatum Inferred from Internal and External Shell Parameters”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of subellipsoidal

From sub- + ellipsoidal.

Questions about subellipsoidal

What does subellipsoidal mean?
Subellipsoidal means somewhat ellipsoidal.
What part of speech is subellipsoidal?
Subellipsoidal is an adjective.

Words near subellipsoidal in the dictionary

  1. subelementary
  2. subelements
  3. subelite
  4. subelites
  5. subellipsoid
  6. subellipsoidal
  7. subelliptic
  8. subelliptical
  9. subellipticity
  10. subelongate
  11. subelongated

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