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elliptics

elliptics is the plural of elliptic.

Meaning of elliptic

Noun

elliptic (plural elliptics)

  1. An elliptical function, equation, path, etc.
    • The Planetary Paths I trace, / Exploring Realms of boundleſs Space; / Elliptics, Angles, Cubes, and Curves, / In me ſupply the Place of Nerves; […]1765, John Nichols, “[New Ænigmas, to be answered next Year.] (2.) Ænigma 192”, in The Gentleman’s Diary, or The Mathematical Repository; an Almanack […], London: […] [T]he Company of Stationers...

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Questions about elliptics

What is elliptics the plural of?
Elliptics is the plural of elliptic.

Words near elliptics in the dictionary

  1. ellipticity
  2. elliptick
  3. ellipticone
  4. ellipticones
  5. ellipticonic
  6. elliptics
  7. ellipting
  8. elliptization
  9. elliptizations
  10. elliptize
  11. elliptized

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