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elliptizes

elliptizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 elliptizes

What is elliptizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Elliptizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of elliptize.

Words near elliptizes in the dictionary

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

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