An ellipsoidal dome is a dome (also see geodesic dome), which has a bottom cross-section which is a circle, but has a cupola whose curve is an ellipse. There are two types of ellipsoidal domes: prolate ellipsoidal domes and oblate ellipsoidal domes.
An ellipsoidal dome is a dome (also see geodesic dome), which has a bottom cross-section which is a circle, but has a cupola whose curve is an ellipse. There are two types of ellipsoidal domes: prolate ellipsoidal domes and oblate ellipsoidal domes.
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