Jacobi ellipsoid

English

Etymology

Discovered by German mathematician Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi.

Noun

Jacobi ellipsoid (plural Jacobi ellipsoids)

  1. A triaxial ellipsoid under hydrostatic equilibrium.

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms
equilibrium ellipsoids
  • Dedekind ellipsoid
  • Maclaurin spheroid
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