elliptic
/ih-lip-ti-kuhl/US // ɪˈlɪp tɪ kəl //UK // (ɪˈlɪptɪkəl) //
椭圆形,椭圆形的,椭圆的,椭圆
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
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Also el·lip·tic.
- : pertaining to or having the form of an ellipse.
- : pertaining to or marked by grammatical ellipsis.
- : expressed with extreme or excessive economy; relieved of irrelevant matter: to converse in elliptical sentences.
- : tending to be ambiguous, cryptic, or obscure: an elliptical prose that is difficult to translate.
n.名词 noun
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- : Astronomy. elliptical galaxy.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
The female has two breasts, rather elliptic than round, placed near the arm-pits.
Immersed in a subject with which they were all familiar, they were allusive, elliptic, and persistently technical.
It is elliptic; revisere being understood, or some similar word.
Planet, plan′et, n. one of the bodies in the solar system which revolve in elliptic orbits round the sun.
Like the functions sine and cosine, the elliptic functions have addition theorems, e.g.
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