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Definitions: Elliptic |
EllipticAdjective1. Containing or characterized by ellipsis; "the clause of comparison is often elliptical"- G.O.Curme. 2. Of a leaf shape; in the form of an ellipse. 3. Rounded like an egg. 4. Characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements; "the dialogue is elliptic and full of dark hints"; "the explanation was concise, even elliptical to the verge of obscurity"- H.O.Taylor. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "elliptic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Aerospace | Pertaining to an ellipse, or in the form of an ellipse. (references) |
Science | Oval in outline and flat. (references) |
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Synonyms: EllipticSynonyms: egg-shaped (adj), elliptical (adj), oval (adj), ovate (adj), oviform (adj), ovoid (adj), prolate (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Circularity | Adjective: round, rounded, circular, annular, orbicular; oval, ovate; elliptic, elliptical; egg-shaped; pear-shaped; cycloidal; Noun: spherical. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Elliptic |
| English words defined with "elliptic": Anomalistic revolution ♦ bearberry willow, broad-leaved twayblade, butterfly plant ♦ Circular function ♦ Elliptic chuck, Elliptic compasses, Elliptic function, Elliptic functions, elliptic geometry, elliptic leaf, Elliptic polarization, elliptical, Elliptic-lanceolate ♦ Habenaria orbiculata, Hungarian lilac ♦ Inverse trigonometrical functions ♦ leatherleaf saxifrage, Leptarrhena pyrolifolia, Libration of the moon, Listera convallarioides ♦ paraboloid, Pelta, Periodic comet, Periodic function, Phalaenopsis amabilis, plantain ♦ round-leaved rein orchid ♦ Salix uva-ursi, Syringa josikaea, Syringa josikea ♦ Theta function. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "elliptic": apofocus ♦ elliptic lift distribution, elliptic loading, elliptic reproducing stylus tip, elliptic waveguide ♦ Grad-Shafranov Equation ♦ Laplace equation ♦ Orbital elements. (references) |
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| "Elliptic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Elliptic" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 13 | 97,576 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "elliptic": Elliptic chuck ♦ Elliptic compasses ♦ Elliptic function ♦ Elliptic functions ♦ elliptic geometry ♦ Elliptic integral ♦ elliptic leaf ♦ elliptic lift distribution ♦ elliptic loading ♦ Elliptic polarization ♦ elliptic reproducing stylus tip ♦ elliptic spring ♦ elliptic waveguide. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "elliptic": elliptic-eccentric, Elliptic-lanceolate. | |
Ending with "elliptic": twin-elliptic. | |
Containing "elliptic": half-elliptic spring. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
elliptic curve | 13 |
elliptic integral | 6 |
elliptic curve cryptography | 5 |
elliptic function | 4 |
elliptic | 4 |
elliptic geometry | 4 |
elliptic filter | 3 |
elliptic semiconductor | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "elliptic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | eliptik (elliptical), vezak (egg-shaped, elliptical, oval, oviform, ovoid, prolate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حذفي, أيجازي, أهليجي (elliptical, oval), بيضي الشكل, بيضاوي الشكل (elliptical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | елипсовиден (elliptical, oval), елиптичен (elliptical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 椭圆 (Ellipse, Ellipses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | eliptický (elliptical), elipsovitý (elliptical, ovoid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | elliptisk opdriftsfordeling (elliptic lift distribution), elliptisk belastning (elliptic loading), elliptisk bølgeleder (elliptic waveguide), elliptisk afspillenål (elliptic reproducing stylus tip), ellipsepasser (elliptic compass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | elliptische naaldpunt (elliptic reproducing stylus tip), elliptische golfgeleider (elliptic waveguide), elliptische draagkrachtverdeling (elliptic lift distribution), elliptische draagkracht (elliptic loading), afstandspasser (elliptic compass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | elliptinen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | elliptique (elliptical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | elliptisch (ellipsis, elliptical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ελλειπτικόσ (defective, elliptical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אליפטי, אליפסי, "בלעי, ביצי (egg like, oval, ovular), ביצתי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | elliptikus (elliptical), szókihagyásos (elliptical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | singkat (brief, concise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ellittico (ellipsis, elliptical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 타원 (Ellipse, Ellipses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ellipticay elipse (ellipse, ellipsis). (various references) eliptic (elliptical). (various references) эллиптический (elliptical), овальный (egg-shaped, elliptical, olivary, o-shaped, oval, oviform). (various references) eliptičan (brief, elliptical). (various references) elíptico (elliptical). (various references) elliptisk (elliptical). (various references) eliptik (elliptical), elips şeklinde (elliptical), eksiltili (elliptical), oval (elliptical, oval, ovoid), bazı sözcükleri çıkarılmış (elliptical). (various references) овальний (elliptical, olivary, oval, ovate, oviform), з пропуском (elliptical), еліптичний (elliptical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "elliptic": elliptical, elliptically, ellipticals, ellipticities, ellipticity. (additional references) | |
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"Elliptic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Allipio, eleatic, elioti, eliotish, elliptica, elliptish, mellitic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-i-l-l-p-t" | |
-1 letter: pelitic. | |
-2 letters: elicit, illite. | |
-3 letters: celli, clept, clipt, licit, pilei, telic. | |
-4 letters: ceil, cell, celt, cite, clip, clit, epic, etic, lept, lice, lilt, lipe, lite, pelt, pice, pile, pili, pill, plie, tell, tile, till, tipi. | |
-5 letters: cel, cep, ell, ice, ill, lei, let, lie, lip, lit, pec, pet, pic, pie, pit, tel, tic, tie, til, tip. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-i-l-l-p-t" | |
+2 letters: elliptical, explicitly, philatelic. | |
+3 letters: ellipticals, ellipticity, lickspittle, penicillate. | |
+4 letters: elliptically, geopolitical, lickspittles, politicalize. | |
+5 letters: applicatively, capillarities, culpabilities, electrophilic, ellipticities, epileptically, epiphytically, epistemically, explicatively, implicatively, multiparticle, pietistically, placabilities, politicalized, politicalizes, replicability, semipolitical. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6C 6C 69 70 74 69 63 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .-.. .-.. .. .--. - .. -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101100 01101100 01101001 01110000 01110100 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E l l i p t i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006C 006C 0069 0070 0074 0069 0063 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3978787582867569 |
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