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elliptized

elliptized is the simple past and past participle of elliptize.

Meaning of elliptize

Verb

elliptize (third-person singular simple present elliptizes, present participle elliptizing, simple past and past participle elliptized)

  1. (ergative, uncommon) (To cause) to become elliptic or elliptical.
    • We resorted, instead, to depositing on a test flat near the mirror being elliptized.1949, Albert Vinicio Baez, Principles of X-ray Optics and the Development of a Single Stage X-ray Microscope, Stanford University, page 132

Questions about elliptized

What is elliptized the simple past and past participle of?
Elliptized is the simple past and past participle of elliptize.

Words near elliptized in the dictionary

  1. elliptics
  2. ellipting
  3. elliptization
  4. elliptizations
  5. elliptize
  6. elliptized
  7. elliptizes
  8. elliptizing
  9. elliptocyte
  10. elliptocytes
  11. elliptocytic

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