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   From: wm@akeaudre.nl   
      
   Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:   
      
   > Incorrect.  There are two equivalent terms for that surface: "rotational   
   > ellipsoid" and "ellipsoid of revolution".  This surface is called so   
   > because it is produced by *rotating* an ellipse around one of that   
   > ellipse's major axes, or, equivalently, by having it *revolve* around   
   > that axis:   
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   and how would you rotate that, since the ellipse is still there unchanged;   
      
   you mean a mark on its surface, my butt, that's something completely else.   
   You don't know what you are talking about, my man   
      
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