Differentiate oblate ellipsoid from prolate ellipsoid?

An ellipsoid is a three dimensional figure which is symmetrical around three perpendicular axes has a cross-section in one plane which is a a circle, and the other planes cross-sections are...

A surface whose plane sections are all either ellipses or circles. A football approaches being an ellipsoid as does a discus.

an ellipsoid is the less formal name for a geoid which is a shape which is like a sphere but is bulgy round the middle

'If a, b, and c are the semi-axes, the volume is (4/3)πabc. When a=b=c the ellipsoid is a sphere and this formula becomes (4/3)πa3' (James and James, eds, Mathematics Dictionary D. Van Nostrand,...

An ellipsoid joint can be found in the wrist and is the same type of movement as a ball in socket joint, but allows slightly less movement than the ball in socketIt permits movement in two planes...