elliptic
adjective
Meaning
- Of or pertaining to an ellipse.
- Of or pertaining to a broad field of mathematics that originates from the problem of calculating arc lengths of an ellipse.
- (in combination, of certain functions, equations and operators) That has coefficients satisfying a condition analogous to the condition for the general equation for a conic section to be of an ellipse.
- (of leaves) Oval, with a short or no point.
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