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Meanings of elliptical form in English

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Usage of elliptical form in English
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The cranium is of unusual size, and of a long elliptical form.
Lectures and Essays
2
Sew into an elliptical form three and one-half inches long for the sole.
Spool Knitting
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The medallions are thin plates of brass, of an elliptical form, exactly resembling each other.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4
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This elliptical form of the Negro's hair causes it to curl more or less tightly.
The Negro
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I have various investigations about the Earth, supposed to project at middle latitudes above the elliptical form.
Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy
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When these meet, the protoplasm of each of the two cells contracts, and assumes an elliptical form-itundergoes rejuvenescence.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886
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It was divided into several galleries (maeniana) concentric with the outer walls, and therefore, like them, of an elliptical form.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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The foliage of this tree was slight but graceful, and it was loaded with a fruit of an elliptical form, as large as a coconut.
Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Weste...
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