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elliptic

adjective

Meaning

  1. Of or pertaining to an ellipse.
  2. Of or pertaining to a broad field of mathematics that originates from the problem of calculating arc lengths of an ellipse.
  3. (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.
  4. (of leaves) Oval, with a short or no point.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data