Synonyms for elliptical

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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