ellipsoids

Always on the lookout for easy results, I experimented first with skinny ellipsoids, and discovered that the top of the Gherkin is too pointed for an ellipsoid to model.

Wolfram Blog : Twisted Architecture 2009

Most of the plasma you talk about are inside stars, yet, most stars are spheres, or if rotating, ellipsoids.

Could a Black Hole Fit in Your Computer or In Your Pocket? | Universe Today 2009

A man is not a stick with a circle on top, but it may be useful to see him as a bunch of ellipsoids, cilinders, etc, and to make more and more refined models of the kind.

Drawing Made Easy James Gurney 2008

Did you know that both prolate and oblate ellipsoids pack more efficiently than spheres?

The Future of Theoretical Cosmology Sean 2006

Before my talk they got to hear nice presentations by Florencia Canelli on particle physics and the top quark, and Paul Chaikin on packing ellipsoids.

The Future of Theoretical Cosmology Sean 2006

Aspherical ellipsoids like M&Ms can touch eleven neighbors when dumped together while spheres only saddle up to six.

Boing Boing: February 15, 2004 - February 21, 2004 Archives 2004

However, the new paint reflected differently, leaving two faint ellipsoids stacked end-to-end and leaning to the right.

A Corpse is a Corpse Browne, Richard W 2001

Soon the clean rock was scarred by three black ellipsoids, modest splotches of destruction where brush had been crisped and the lighter silicate rocks fused to glass.

Orphan Star Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

Soon the clean rock was scarred by three black ellipsoids, modest splotches of destruction where brush had been crisped and the lighter silicate rocks fused to glass.

Orphan Star Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977

Soon the clean rock was scarred by three black ellipsoids, modest splotches of destruction where brush had been crisped and the lighter silicate rocks fused to glass.

Orphan Star Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977