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Meanings of elliptic in English

Rounded like an egg.

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      Elliptic.

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              1
              For all this elliptic talk that dazed my mind left obscurity everywhere.
              The Damned
              2
              They all had eight truck wheels under each, and elliptic steel springs.
              Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887
              3
              They may be classed as triangular, lozenge, quadrilateral, star, circular, and elliptic.
              Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. / 1866. Fourth...
              4
              The pedicels of the tentacles are flattened, or elliptic in section.
              Insectivorous Plants
              5
              The circular and elliptic scan methods were developed to detect regularly shaped clusters.
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              6
              Pseudorapidity and transverse momentum dependence of elliptic flow are also presented.
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              7
              Leaves rather small, elliptic, almost stalkless, and perforated with transparent dots.
              Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs
              8
              The elliptic or steel spring did not come into use until about 1840.
              Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago / Personal recollections ...
              9
              A smaller notice adduced further grounds for caution in the elliptic form: Air brakes.
              Lucky Jim
              10
              The hair is generally short, elliptic in section, often split longitudinally, and much crimped.
              History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 / ...
              11
              Probably the best conveyance is a wagon with elliptic springs.
              Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained
              12
              Similar research has been carried out before, but not on PCs using elliptic curve cryptography.
              Wired
              13
              Crowned with gold, her dark hair in elliptic waves, bound with glittering chains of pearl.
              Mornings in Florence
              14
              It is seen always, it must be remembered, nearly in the elliptic, or sun's path.
              My First Voyage to Southern Seas
              15
              A figure titled "A 'family' of elliptic orbits with constant rotational momentum" (Fig.
              Darwin and Modern Science
              16
              Four hours later, they recovered her quarterdeck section from the aphelion of a long elliptic orbit.
              The Centauri Device
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