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Ellipticity
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) Deviation of an ellipse or a spheroid from the form of a circle or a sphere; especially, in reference to the figure of the earth, the difference between the equatorial and polar semidiameters, divided by the equatorial; thus, the ellipticity of the earth is /.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ellipticity'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/e/ellipticity.html. 1828.