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elliptical

  • adjective
  • /ɪˈlɪp.tɪk.əl/

In a shape of, or reminding of, an ellipse; oval.

Other meanings

  1. Of, or showing ellipsis; having a word or words omitted.

  2. Concise, condensed.

Related words

  • elliptically
  • ellipticalness
  • hyperelliptical
  • nanoelliptical
  • nonelliptical
  • overelliptical
  • quasielliptical
  • subelliptical
  • superelliptical
  • unelliptical

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