ellipticity
/ih-lip-tis-i-tee, el-ip-, ee-lip-/US // ɪ lɪpˈtɪs ɪ ti, ˌɛl ɪp-, ˌi lɪp- //UK // (ɪlɪpˈtɪsɪtɪ, ˌɛl-) //
椭圆度,椭圆性,椭圆率,椭圆形
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the degree of divergence of an ellipse from a circle.
Examples
The fact that there is no measurable ellipticity is, I think, one which on first consideration would not be expected.
We may consider this spheroid to be that of the earth, the ellipticity being greatly exaggerated.
The ellipticity of Jupiter indicated by these figures is sufficiently marked to be obvious without any refined measures.
Their ovalness or "ellipticity" is, however, in each case not by any means of the same degree.
To put it paradoxically, it is an ellipse which has no ellipticity, an oval without any ovalness!
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