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1. (Also,) elliptical
pertaining to or having the form of an ellipse.
2. elliptical
pertaining to or marked by grammatical ellipsis.
3. elliptical
characterized by extreme economy of expression in speech or writing.
4. elliptical
ambiguous; cryptic; obscure.
Etymology: (1650–60; < Gk elleiptik(ós) defective (see ellipsis , -tic ) + -al1)
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| Definition of 'elliptical' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate
rounded like an egg
2. (adj) elliptic, elliptical
characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements
"the dialogue is elliptic and full of dark hints"; "the explanation was concise, even elliptical to the verge of obscurity"- H.O.Taylor
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1. (adj) elliptical
of or pertaining to an ellipse; having the form of an ellipse; oblong, with rounded ends
2. (adj) elliptical
having a part omitted; as, an elliptical phrase
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Sense: a geometrical figure that is a regular oval.
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 Afrikaans: eklipties, ovaal |
 Arabic: إهْليلَجي، بَيْضي، شَبيه |
 Bulgarian: елипсовиден |
 Brazilian: elíptico |
 Czech: eliptický |
 German: elliptisch |
 Danish: elliptisk; ellipseformet |
 Greek: ελλειπτικός |
 Spanish: elíptico |
 Estonian: elliptiline |
 Farsi: بیضی شکل |
 Finnish: elliptinen |
 French: elliptique |
 Hebrew: אֶלִיפטִי |
 Hindi: अण्डाकार |
 Croatian: eliptični |
 Hungarian: elliptikus |
 Indonesian: bentuk elips |
 Icelandic: sporöskjulaga |
 Italian: ellittico |
 Japanese: 楕円形の |
 Korean: 타원형의 |
 Lithuanian: eliptinis |
 Latvian: eliptisks |
 Malay: berbentuk elips |
 Dutch: elliptisch |
 Norwegian: ellipseformet, elliptisk |
 Polish: eliptyczny |
 Persian: بیضی شکل |
 Pashto: بیضوی شکل |
 Portuguese: elíptico |
 Romanian: eliptic |
 Russian: эллиптический |
 Slovak: eliptický |
 Slovenian: eliptičen |
 Serbian: elipsast |
 Swedish: elliptisk |
 Thai: เป็นวงรี |
 Turkish: elips biçiminde |
 Taiwanese: 橢圓的 |
 Ukrainian: еліптичний |
 Urdu: بیضوی شکل سے متعلق |
 Vietnamese: có hình hình elip |
 Chinese: 椭圆的 |
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