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subelliptical

subelliptical adjective: somewhat elliptical in shape; approaching an ellipse.

Adjective

subelliptical (comparative more subelliptical, superlative most subelliptical)

  1. Somewhat elliptical in shape; approaching an ellipse.

Forms of subelliptical

comparativemore subelliptical
superlativemost subelliptical

Origin of subelliptical

From sub- + elliptical.

Questions about subelliptical

What does subelliptical mean?
Subelliptical means somewhat elliptical in shape; approaching an ellipse.
What part of speech is subelliptical?
Subelliptical is an adjective.

Words near subelliptical in the dictionary

  1. subelite
  2. subelites
  3. subellipsoid
  4. subellipsoidal
  5. subelliptic
  6. subelliptical
  7. subellipticity
  8. subelongate
  9. subelongated
  10. subemarginate
  11. subempire

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