- A
spheroid, also
known as an
ellipsoid of
revolution or
rotational ellipsoid, is a
quadric surface obtained by
rotating an
ellipse about one of its prin****l...
-
Spheroidal wave
functions are
solutions of the
Helmholtz equation that are
found by
writing the
equation in
spheroidal coordinates and
applying the technique...
- Center), or in a
spheroidal galactic bulge around the
galactic core. However, some
stars inhabit a
spheroidal halo or
galactic spheroid, a type of galactic...
- In
mathematics and
physical science,
spherical harmonics are
special functions defined on the
surface of a sphere. They are
often emplo**** in
solving partial...
-
rotating spheroid (such as a planet) is the
parallel (circle of latitude) at
which latitude is
defined to be 0°. It is an
imaginary line on the
spheroid, equidistant...
- In archaeology, a
spheroid is a
piece of rock that has been
shaped into a
nearly spherical shape (
spheroidal).
Spheroids have been
found at
sites from...
- iron, also
known as
ductile cast iron,
nodular cast iron,
spheroidal graphite iron,
spheroidal graphite cast iron and SG iron, is a type of graphite-rich...
- An
Earth ellipsoid or
Earth spheroid is a
mathematical figure approximating the Earth's form, used as a
reference frame for com****tions in geodesy, astronomy...
-
triangulation network on an
ellipsoid is
therefore a set of
exercises in
spheroidal trigonometry (Euler 1755). If the
Earth is
treated as a sphere, the geodesics...
- A
Maclaurin spheroid is an
oblate spheroid which arises when a self-gravitating
fluid body of
uniform density rotates with a
constant angular velocity...
