"Elliptical" is a word in ENGLISH
Having a part omitted; as, an elliptical phrase.
Of or pertaining to an ellipse; having the form of an
ellipse; oblong, with rounded ends.
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A portion of a curved line; as, the arc of a circle or of an ellipse.
Read the complete definitionThat process by which a number of isolated facts are brought under one conception, or summed up in a general …
Read the complete definitionNot having the same center; -- said of circles, ellipses, spheres, etc., which, though coinciding, either in whole or in …
Read the complete definitionThe ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.
Read the complete definitionOmission. See Ellipsis.
Read the complete definitionThe elliptical orbit of a planet.
Read the complete definitionAn oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or …
Read the complete definitionof Ellipsis
Read the complete definitionAn ellipse.
Read the complete definitionAn instrument for describing ellipses; -- called also trammel.
Read the complete definitionA solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. See Conoid, n., 2 (a).
Read the complete definitionIn the form of an ellipse.
Read the complete definitionDeviation of an ellipse or a spheroid from the form of a circle or a sphere; especially, in reference to …
Read the complete definitionA certain conic section supposed to be drawn in the tangent plane to any surface, and used to determine the …
Read the complete definitionAn oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis. Cf. Oblongum.
Read the complete definitionA prolate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its greater axis. Cf. Oblatum, and see …
Read the complete definitionA body or figure in the shape of an egg, or popularly, of an ellipse.
Read the complete definitionSpecifically (Conic Sections), in the ellipse and hyperbola, a third proportional to any diameter and its conjugate, or in the …
Read the complete definitionThe circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other figure.
Read the complete definitionTo draw or exhibit, as the form of anything; to delineate; as, to project a sphere, a map, an ellipse, …
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