Dictionary Entry
ellipticity
ellipticity is a 11-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Deviation of an ellipse or a spheroid from the form of a circle or a sphere; especially, in reference to the figure of the earth, the difference between the equatorial and polar semidiameters, divided by the equatorial; thus, the ellipticity of the earth is /. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 21 · 2 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Deviation of an ellipse or a spheroid from the form of a circle or a sphere; especially, in reference to the figure of the earth, the difference between the equatorial and polar semidiameters, divided by the equatorial; thus, the ellipticity of the earth is /.
- 2noun
the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles
"the oblateness of the planet"
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