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superelliptical

superelliptical adjective: having the shape of a superellipse.

Adjective

superelliptical (comparative more superelliptical, superlative most superelliptical)

  1. Having the shape of a superellipse.
    • Already the large superelliptical pool has conferred upon Stockholm an unusual mathematical flavor, like the big catenary curve of St. Louis's Gateway Arch...1975, Martin Gardner, Mathematical carnival, page 243

Forms of superelliptical

comparativemore superelliptical
superlativemost superelliptical

Origin of superelliptical

From super- + elliptical.

Questions about superelliptical

What does superelliptical mean?
Superelliptical means having the shape of a superellipse.
What part of speech is superelliptical?
Superelliptical is an adjective.

Words near superelliptical in the dictionary

  1. superellipse
  2. superellipses
  3. superellipsoid
  4. superellipsoids
  5. superelliptic
  6. superelliptical
  7. superelongated
  8. superelongation
  9. superelongations
  10. supereloquent
  11. superembedding

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