Elliptical
[ɪ'lɪptɪk(ə)l] or [ɪ'lɪptɪkl]
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to an ellipse; having the form of an ellipse; oblong, with rounded ends.
(a.) Having a part omitted; as, an elliptical phrase.
Inputed by Giles
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Oval.
Typist: Wilhelmina
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Suggestive, latent, pregnant, significant, allusive, subauditive
ANT:Categorical, full, expository, explanatory, declaratory, enunciative
Edited by Colin
Examples
- There is only one turn; one large, elliptical, rising and falling turn and you are back where you have started. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In his second endeavor Adams assumed that the unknown planet had an elliptical orbit. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- But it was concluded after experiment that a rectangular form was the best, as it is more rigid than either a cylindrical or elliptical tube. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Indeed, he is inclined to identify with the latter systems the small luminous elliptical areas in the heavens reported by Maupert uis in 1742. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In this the pistons consisted of two cog wheels, their leaves intermeshing, and rotated in an elliptical shaped chamber. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It was thus that the hypothesis that the planets move in circular orbits, recommended by its simplicity and ?sthetic quality, was forced to give way to the hyp othesis of elliptical orbits. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It is slowly distorted by the attractions of the other planets, for ages it may be nearly circular, for ages it is more or less elliptical. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They are bent into an elliptical curve, with a rise in the middle of twenty-eight feet. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
Edited by Colin