Elliptic

What do we mean by elliptic?

Of, relating to, or having the shape of an ellipse. adjective

Containing or characterized by ellipsis. adjective

Of or relating to extreme economy of oral or written expression. adjective

Marked by deliberate obscurity of style or expression. adjective

Pertaining to an ellipse; having the form of an ellipse.

Pertaining to or marked by ellipsis; defective; having a part left out.

In entomology, elongate-ovate; more than twice as long as broad, parallel-sided in the middle, and rounded at both ends, but in general more broadly so at the base: applied especially to the abdomen, as in many Hymenoptera.

In mathematics, having a pair of characteristic elements imaginary: as, an elliptic involution.

See space.

Of or pertaining to an ellipse; having the form of an ellipse; oblong, with rounded ends. adjective

Having a part omitted. adjective

Leaving out information essential to comprehension; so concise as to be difficult to understand; obscure or ambiguous; -- of speech or writing. adjective

See under Chuck. adjective

An instrument arranged for drawing ellipses. adjective

See Function. adjective

See Integral. adjective

See under Polarization. adjective

Related to an ellipse or its mathematical definition. adjective

Rounded like an egg adjective

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.

Words that are spelled similarly to elliptic:
elliptic, ecliptic, ellipsis, elliptica, mellitic.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word elliptic:
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Words that rhyme with elliptic:
sylleptic.

Adjectives that are often used to describe elliptic:
semi, full, quarter, half.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective elliptic:
functions, equations, orbit, integrals, curves, problems, orbits, curve, integral, equation, springs, motion, function, form, geometry, cylinder, problem, filter, type, leaves, section, shape, operators, spring, polarization, coordinates, space, systems, operator, filters, arch, point, cryptography, case, points, paraboloid, path, distribution, elements, flow, cylinders, hole, cryptosystems, incision, pdes, involution, theory, arches, plane, arcs, vibration, arc, sections, paths, loading, leaflets, surface, cone, wing, figure, front, pde, approximation, region, comets, polarisation, plate, solvers, surfaces, trajectory, umbilic, lamina, disc, vibrations, ally, geometries, crack, ring, solver, multiplication, motions, outline, trajectories, excision, ornaments, sentences, inequality.

Words that sound like elliptic:
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