1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ELLIPTICITY, in astronomy, deviation from a circular or spherical form ; applied to the elliptic orbits of heavenly bodies, or the spheroidal form of such bodies. (Sec also COMPRESSION.)
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