prolate spheroid

In three dimensions, the nebula is thought to be shaped like a prolate spheroid.

It appears to be a prolate spheroid with strong concentrations of material along its equator.

Grapes are typically an ellipsoid shape resembling a prolate spheroid.

Rugby union uses an oval ball (a prolate spheroid).

The ratio of axises of the Bianca's prolate spheroid is 0.7 0.2.

The ratio of axes of Desdemona's prolate spheroid is 0.6 0.3.

Prior to 1930 the shape of the football was a prominent oval shape called a prolate spheroid.

Several moons of the Solar system approximate prolate spheroids in shape, though they are actually scalene.

American football is played between two teams of 11 players each and uses an oval ball in the shape of a prolate spheroid.

Images showed that Puck has a shape of a slightly prolate spheroid (ratio between axes is 0.97 0.04).

Its top section is a prolate spheroid, which exudes a blue glow and is approximately three times the size of an egg.

If the body has a massive nearby companion, then tidal forces come into effect as well, distorting it into a prolate spheroid.

The rugby ball is oval in shape, (technically a prolate spheroid), and is made up of four panels.

Rugby league is played with a prolate spheroid shaped football which is inflated with air.

The ratio of axises of the Juliet's prolate spheroid is 0.5 0.3, which is rather an extreme value.

Its most distinctive feature is its shape, that of a prolate spheroid (a rugby-ball or egg-shape).

These formulas are identical in the sense that the formula for can be used to calculate the surface area of a prolate spheroid and vice versa.

The fruit is a plum-like berry in the shape of a prolate spheroid, like that of a rugby ball.

The shape of an egg resembles a prolate spheroid with one end larger than the other, with cylindrical symmetry along the long axis.

Early fiber simulations employed particles which were rigid rods or prolate spheroids, whose equations of motion have analytical solutions.

The ovary has 4 ovules, but the fruit is a single-seeded drupe, a prolate spheroid in shape.

The American and Canadian football shape was gradually changed to become prolate spheroid, a shape much more difficult to drop kick.

The results indicated that the Earth was a prolate spheroid (with an equatorial radius less than the polar radius).

The Dumbbell Nebula appears to be shaped like an prolate spheroid and is viewed from our perspective along the plane of its equator.

Diffraction and scattering by regular bodies III: the prolate spheroid (1964)