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elliptic
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Elliptic \El*lip"tic\, Elliptical \El*lip"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. elliptique. See Ellipsis .] Of or pertaining to an ellipse; having the form of an ellipse; oblong, with rounded ends. The planets move in elliptic orbits. --Cheyne. The billiard sharp ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. elliptical
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1726, from Greek elleiptikos "pertaining to an ellipse," from elleipein (see ellipsis ). Mostly in technical use; the common word is elliptical .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. containing or characterized by ellipsis; "the clause of comparison is often elliptical"- G.O.Curme [syn: elliptical ] of a leaf shape; in the form of an ellipse rounded like an egg [syn: egg-shaped , elliptical , oval , ovate , oviform , ovoid , prolate ...
Usage examples of elliptic.
They are fleshy shrubs, with rounded, woody stems, and numerous succulent branches, composed in most of the species of separate joints or parts, which are much compressed, often elliptic or suborbicular, dotted over in spiral lines with small, fleshy, caducous leaves, in the axils of which are placed the areoles or tufts of barbed or hooked spines of two forms.
The space between the planets was divided off into definite points in a series of Cartesian coordinates, the sun being the origin, and the plane of the elliptic being the X-Y plane.
It had Fourier series, Bessel functions, determinants, elliptic functions -- all kinds of wonderful stuff that I didn't know anything about.
At the age of sixteen he wrote a paper, 'Some Observations on the Relationship between Mathieu Functions and Weierstrass Elliptic Functions'.