"elliptic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪˈlɪptɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-elliptic.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐλλειπτικός (elleiptikós), from ἐλλείπω (elleípō, “I leave out, omit”). By surface analysis, ellipse + -tic. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|ἐλλειπτικός}} Ancient Greek ἐλλειπτικός (elleiptikós), {{m|grc|ἐλλείπω||I leave out, omit}} ἐλλείπω (elleípō, “I leave out, omit”), {{surf|en|ellipse|-tic}} By surface analysis, ellipse + -tic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} elliptic (not comparable)
  1. (geometry) Of or pertaining to an ellipse. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Geometry Synonyms (of or pertaining to an ellipse): elliptical Translations (relating to an ellipse or its mathematical definition): эліптычны (eliptyčny) (Belarusian), el·líptic (Catalan), eliptický (Czech), elliptisk (Danish), ellipseformet (Danish), elliptinen (Finnish), elliptique (French), elliptisch (German), אליפטי (Hebrew), ellitico (Italian), elliptisk (Norwegian Bokmål), elliptisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), eliptyczny (Polish), эллиптический (elliptičeskij) (Russian), elíptico (Spanish), eliptik (Turkish), еліптичний (eliptyčnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-elliptic-en-adj-tgjdFQSV Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'of or pertaining to an ellipse': 70 9 10 11 Disambiguation of 'relating to an ellipse or its mathematical definition': 34 18 21 26
  2. (mathematics) Of or pertaining to a broad field of mathematics that originates from the problem of calculating arc lengths of an ellipse. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-elliptic-en-adj-0rFiur~2 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  3. (mathematics, in combination, of certain functions, equations and operators) That has coefficients satisfying a condition analogous to the condition for the general equation for a conic section to be of an ellipse. Tags: in-compounds, not-comparable Categories (topical): Mathematics Coordinate_terms (whose coefficients satisfy a condition): hyperbolic, parabolic
    Sense id: en-elliptic-en-adj-UMwb2Dbr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -tic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 19 41 29 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -tic: 14 15 38 29 4 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'whose coefficients satisfy a condition': 4 5 82 9
  4. (botany, of leaves) Oval, with a short or no point. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Botany Translations (of oval leaf form): soikea (Finnish), אָוואַל (oval) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-elliptic-en-adj-yYvOvnGE Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'of oval leaf form': 16 11 11 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: elliptical, elliptically
Derived forms: bi-elliptic transfer, coelliptic, elliptic curve, elliptic function, elliptic integral, elliptic operator, elliptic regularity, elliptic spring, hypoelliptic, isoelliptic, semi-elliptic

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪˈlɪptɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-elliptic.wav [Southern-England] Forms: elliptics [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐλλειπτικός (elleiptikós), from ἐλλείπω (elleípō, “I leave out, omit”). By surface analysis, ellipse + -tic. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|ἐλλειπτικός}} Ancient Greek ἐλλειπτικός (elleiptikós), {{m|grc|ἐλλείπω||I leave out, omit}} ἐλλείπω (elleípō, “I leave out, omit”), {{surf|en|ellipse|-tic}} By surface analysis, ellipse + -tic Head templates: {{en-noun}} elliptic (plural elliptics)
  1. An elliptical function, equation, path, etc.
    Sense id: en-elliptic-en-noun-53C8qhlr

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        "(geometry) Of or pertaining to an ellipse."
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          "text": "elliptic curve",
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        "(mathematics) Of or pertaining to a broad field of mathematics that originates from the problem of calculating arc lengths of an ellipse."
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          "text": "elliptic partial differential equation",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "elliptic operator",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "elliptic regularity",
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        "(mathematics, in combination, of certain functions, equations and operators) That has coefficients satisfying a condition analogous to the condition for the general equation for a conic section to be of an ellipse."
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    },
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      "glosses": [
        "Oval, with a short or no point."
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        "(botany, of leaves) Oval, with a short or no point."
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      "code": "be",
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      "word": "эліптычны"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "relating to an ellipse or its mathematical definition",
      "word": "el·líptic"
    },
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "relating to an ellipse or its mathematical definition",
      "word": "eliptický"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "relating to an ellipse or its mathematical definition",
      "word": "elliptisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "relating to an ellipse or its mathematical definition",
      "word": "ellipseformet"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "relating to an ellipse or its mathematical definition",
      "word": "elliptinen"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "relating to an ellipse or its mathematical definition",
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "relating to an ellipse or its mathematical definition",
      "word": "elliptisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "relating to an ellipse or its mathematical definition",
      "word": "אליפטי"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "relating to an ellipse or its mathematical definition",
      "word": "ellitico"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "relating to an ellipse or its mathematical definition",
      "word": "elliptisk"
    },
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "relating to an ellipse or its mathematical definition",
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    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "relating to an ellipse or its mathematical definition",
      "word": "eliptyczny"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "relating to an ellipse or its mathematical definition",
      "word": "эллиптический"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "relating to an ellipse or its mathematical definition",
      "word": "elíptico"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "relating to an ellipse or its mathematical definition",
      "word": "eliptik"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "eliptyčnyj",
      "sense": "relating to an ellipse or its mathematical definition",
      "word": "еліптичний"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of oval leaf form",
      "word": "soikea"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "oval",
      "sense": "of oval leaf form",
      "word": "אָוואַל"
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}

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          "ref": "1765, John Nichols, “[New Ænigmas, to be answered next Year.] (2.) Ænigma 192”, in The Gentleman’s Diary, or The Mathematical Repository; an Almanack […], London: […] [T]he Company of Stationers, page 45",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1807, Manuel Alvarez Espriella [pseudonym; Robert Southey], “Mail Coaches.—Mr. Palmer ill-used.—Vicinity of Birmingham.—Collieries on fire.—Stafford.—Stone.—Newcastle-under-Line.—Punishments for Scolding.—Cheshire.—Bridgewater Arms at Manchester.”, in Letters from England, volume II, London: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, […], page 137",
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        {
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        {
          "ref": "1987 December, Benjamin Fine, “Fuchsian embeddings in the Bianchi groups”, in Canadian Journal of Mathematics, volume XXXIX, number 6, page 1435",
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