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Grammar : Adj
Spell : ih-lip-ti-kuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlɪp tɪ kəl



Définition of elliptical

Origin :
  • 1650s, "elliptic in shape;" see elliptic + -al (1). Grammatical sense of "missing essential words or phrases" is recorded from 1778 (see ellipsis). Related: Elliptically.
  • adj oval-shaped
Example sentences :
  • Struts (also of spruce, as is all the framework) are elliptical in shape.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • Upon these arches is raised what has been called an elliptical dome.
  • Extract from : « Byzantine Churches in Constantinople » by Alexander Van Millingen
  • The spores are elliptical, pale-ochraceous, sub-transparent, 10–126–7.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The spores are elliptical, 126., and black, falling away in drops.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The spores are ochraceous-brown, oblong or elliptical, 8–104–5.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The spores are black and elliptical, and are shed in liquid drops.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • Sporidia oblong, elliptical, with two or three minute nuclei.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The motto as it appeared on title pages of The Fable of the Bees was elliptical.
  • Extract from : « A Letter to Dion » by Bernard Mandeville
  • It had become vast and elliptical, and floated in at the reception-room door.
  • Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster
  • Elliptical, more than twice as long as wide, and evenly curved.
  • Extract from : « Trees of the Northern United States » by Austin C. Apgar

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