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| cabochon |
a polished gemstone, usu. in the form of a circle or ellipse, without facets. [1/2 definitions] |
| conic section |
in geometry, a curve, such as an ellipse, hyperbola, or parabola, created by the intersection of a plane and a right circular cone. |
| elliptical |
of, pertaining to, or in the form of an ellipse. [1/4 definitions] |
| oblong |
having one dimension longer than the other, as in a rectangle or ellipse; elongated. [1/2 definitions] |
| oval |
something shaped like an egg or ellipse. [1/3 definitions] |
| spheroid |
a flattened sphere created by revolving an ellipse about one of its axes. |
| torus |
a semicircular surface, or rounded ridge, or the solid it encloses, such as the convex molding surrounding the base of a column or the doughnut-shaped figure generated, in geometry, by a circle or an ellipse. |
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