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  • noun geometry Either of the halves into which an ellipsoid is divided by a plane of symmetry

Etymologies

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hemi- +‎ ellipsoid

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Examples

  • The laboratory (?) in which they ended was long and wide, a hemiellipsoid out of which poured illumination.

    Starfarers Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1998

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