elliptical
UK/ɪˈlɪp.tɪk.əl//ɪˈlɪp.tɪ.kəl/
elliptical adjective: in a shape of, or reminding of, an ellipse; oval.
Adjective
elliptical (comparative more elliptical, superlative most elliptical)
- In a shape of, or reminding of, an ellipse; oval.
- Having admitted that the projectile was describing an orbit around the moon, this orbit must necessarily be elliptical; science proves that it must be so.1876, “Chapter XIX”, in Edward Roth, transl., All Around the Moon
- Of, or showing ellipsis; having a word or words omitted.
- If he is sometimes elliptical and obscure, it is because he has so much to tell us.1940, Edmund Wilson, To the Finland Station
- Concise, condensed.
- Browning's dark and elliptical mode of speech, like his love of the grotesque, was simply a characteristic of his, a trick of his temperament, and had little or nothing to do with whether what he was expressing was profound or superficial.1903, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, “Chapter VI”, in Robert Browning
- He was called a tramp; but that was only an elliptical way of saying that he was a philosopher, an artist, a traveller, a naturalist and a discoverer.early 20th century, O. Henry, The Making of a New Yorker
- Elliptic.
- relating to or containing an instance of ellipsis.
- Elliptical processes capitalize on the redundancy of certain kinds of information in certain contexts, and permit an economy of expression by omitting the linguistic structures that would otherwise be required to express this information.2001, Jason Merchant, The Syntax of Silence, →DOI, page 1
Noun
elliptical (plural ellipticals)
- An elliptical galaxy.
- An elliptical trainer.
elliptical meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
elliptical in Hindi
- oval
- अंडाकार aṇḍākār
elliptical in Tamil
- நீள்வட்ட வடிவமான, நீள்வட்ட, நீள்வளைய வடிவ
elliptical in Marathi
- लंबवर्तुळाकार
elliptical in Urdu
- ایلیپٹیکل, ایلپٹیکل
More languagesFewer languages
- elliptical in Bengali
- উপবৃত্তাকার upobrittakar
- elliptical in Telugu
- దీర్ఘవృత్తాకార
- elliptical in Malayalam
- അണ്ഡാകാരമായ, അണ്ഡാകൃതിയായ, വർത്തുളമായ, വർത്തുളപ്രായമായ
- elliptical in Kannada
- ಅಂಡಾಕಾರದ, ದೀರ್ಘ ವೃತ್ತಾಕಾರದ, ಸಂದಿಗ್ಧ, ಭಾಷಣದ ಪದ
- elliptical in Punjabi
- ਅੰਡਾਕਾਰਿਕ
- elliptical in Gujarati
- લંબગોળ lambgoḷ
- elliptical in Sanskrit
- लुप्त lupta
- elliptical in Nepali
- अण्डाकार
Examples of elliptical in a sentence
- A cameloid cell is an elliptical red blood corpuscle found in mammals only among the camel family (Camelidae).
- It does not contact with the elliptical dorsodistal facet for the scaphoid.
- The distal spikelets are reduced to solitary flowers (anthoids) leaving the raised areole-like elliptical scars when detached.
Synonyms of elliptical
Forms of elliptical
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more elliptical |
| superlative | most elliptical |
| Noun | |
| plural | ellipticals |
Origin of elliptical
From elliptic + -al, from Ancient Greek ἐλλειπτικός (elleiptikós), from ἐλλείπω (elleípō, “I leave out, omit”).
Words formed from elliptical
Phrases with elliptical
Questions about elliptical
- What does elliptical mean?
- Elliptical means in a shape of, or reminding of, an ellipse; oval.
- What is elliptical in Hindi?
- Elliptical in Hindi is अंडाकार (aṇḍākār). See Elliptical meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is elliptical?
- Elliptical can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce elliptical?
- Elliptical is pronounced /ɪˈlɪp.tɪk.əl/ (UK).
Words near elliptical in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: elliptical (page history and authors); elliptical (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); elliptical (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); elliptical (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); elliptical (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); elliptical (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); elliptical (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); elliptical (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); લંબગોળ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); लुप्त (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); elliptical (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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