Elliptical

  • 11elliptical — also el.lip.tic adjective 1 having the shape of an ellipse: The earth s orbit is elliptical. 2 elliptical speech or writing is difficult to understand because more is meant than is actually said: an elliptical remark …

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  • 12elliptical — adjective 1) an elliptical shape Syn: oval, egg shaped, elliptic, ovate, ovoid, oviform, ellipsoidal 2) elliptical phraseology Syn: cryptic, abstruse, ambiguous, obscure, oblique …

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  • 13elliptical — adj. Elliptical is used with these nouns: ↑galaxy, ↑orbit, ↑shape …

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  • 14elliptical — adjective 1. rounded like an egg • Syn: ↑egg shaped, ↑elliptic, ↑oval, ↑oval shaped, ↑ovate, ↑oviform, ↑ovoid, ↑prolate • Similar to …

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  • 15Elliptical poetry — or ellipticism is a literary critical term coined by critic Stephen Burt introduced in a 1998 essay in the Boston Review on Susan Wheeler, [Citation last = Burt first = Stephen author link = last2 = first2 = author2 link = title = Burt Reviews… …

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  • 16Elliptical galaxy — An elliptical galaxy is a galaxy belonging to one of the three main classes of galaxy originally described by Edwin Hubble (whose name was dedicated to the famous Hubble space telescope) in his 1936 work “The Realm of the Nebulae” [cite book… …

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  • 17Elliptical trainer — Commercial elliptical trainer (rear drive version) …

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  • 18Elliptical wing — An elliptical wing is a wing planform shape, first seen on aircraft in the 1930s, which minimizes induced drag. Elliptical taper shortens the chord near the wingtips in such a way that all parts of the wing experience equivalent downwash, and… …

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  • 19elliptical galaxy — noun : a galaxy of a generally elliptical shape, from round to lenticular, differing chiefly from other types in having no apparent internal structure or spiral arms called also spheroidal galaxy * * * Astron. a type of galaxy having the shape of …

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  • 20Elliptical polarization — In electrodynamics, elliptical polarization is the polarization of electromagnetic radiation such that the tip of the electric field vector describes an ellipse in any fixed plane intersecting, and normal to, the direction of propagation. An… …

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