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hyperelliptic

hyperelliptic adjective: describing an extension of elliptic functions to complex numbers.

Adjective

hyperelliptic (comparative more hyperelliptic, superlative most hyperelliptic)

  1. Describing an extension of elliptic functions to complex numbers.
  2. Pertaining to a hyperellipse.

Forms of hyperelliptic

comparativemore hyperelliptic
superlativemost hyperelliptic
alternative formhyperelliptical

Origin of hyperelliptic

From hyper- + elliptic.

Questions about hyperelliptic

What does hyperelliptic mean?
Hyperelliptic means describing an extension of elliptic functions to complex numbers.
What part of speech is hyperelliptic?
Hyperelliptic is an adjective.

Words near hyperelliptic in the dictionary

  1. hyperellipse
  2. hyperellipses
  3. hyperellipsoid
  4. hyperellipsoidal
  5. hyperellipsoids
  6. hyperelliptic
  7. hyperelliptical
  8. hyperelongate
  9. hyperelongated
  10. hyperelongation
  11. hyperelongations

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