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Flattening

Flattening is a measure of the compression of a circle or sphere along a diameter to form an ellipse or an ellipsoid of revolution (spheroid) respectively. Other terms used are ellipticity, or oblateness. The usual notation for flattening is f {\displaystyle f} and its definition in terms of the semi-axes a {\displaystyle a} and b {\displaystyle b} of…

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Eccentricity
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CircleSphereEllipseEllipsoidSpheroid
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Flattening

Nodes11
Edges10
Triples8
Avg. degree1.82
Density0.181818
Components1

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Flattening

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related to Definitions · 3
Flattening → All, In, There
related to Identities · 2
Flattening → For, The
see also · 2
Flattening → Earth, EllipsesEquatorial
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Flattening → measure of the compression of a circle or sphere along a diameter to form an ellipse or an ellipsoid of revolution

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displaystyle ellipse ellipsoid compression terms also circle flattenings respectively eccentricity sphere spheroid semi-axes measure along diameter form revolution used ellipticity

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Flatteningis ameasure of the compression of a circle or sphere along a diameter to form an ellipse or an ellipsoid of revolution0.90text
Flatteningrelated to DefinitionsThere0.60section
Flatteningrelated to DefinitionsIn0.60section
Flatteningrelated to DefinitionsAll0.60section
Flatteningrelated to IdentitiesThe0.60section
Flatteningrelated to IdentitiesFor0.60section
Flatteningsee alsoEarth0.60section
Flatteningsee alsoEllipsesEquatorial0.60section

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