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elliptical
[ ih-lip-ti-kuhl ]
adjective
- pertaining to or having the form of an ellipse.
- pertaining to or marked by grammatical ellipsis.
- (of speech or writing) expressed with extreme or excessive economy; relieved of irrelevant matter:
to converse in elliptical sentences.
- (of a style of speaking or writing) tending to be ambiguous, cryptic, or obscure:
an elliptical prose that is difficult to translate.
noun
- Astronomy. elliptical galaxy.
elliptical
/ ɪˈɪɪə /
adjective
- relating to or having the shape of an ellipse
- relating to or resulting from ellipsis
- of speech, literary style, etc
- very condensed or concise, often so as to be obscure or ambiguous
- circumlocutory or long-winded
Usage
Derived Forms
- ˈپԱ, noun
- ˈپ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- ·t··Ա noun
- ԴDze·t adjective
- ԴDze·t· adjective
- ԴDze·t··ly adverb
- v··t· adjective
- v··t··ly adverb
- ܲe·t adjective
- ܲe·t· adjective
- ܲe·t· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of elliptical1
Example Sentences
On a recent Wednesday afternoon, it was sparsely populated, with just a few dozen members working out on brand-new, still-gleaming treadmills, bikes and elliptical machines.
We have a little home gym, and I do a 20-minute, brutal, fast-paced blast on the elliptical machine to make sure I get my endorphins up and my cardiovascular system going.
The numerous narrative devices that the film employs — including an elliptical framing structure, Austin’s voice-over narration and even an imaginary friend — are entirely too cute by half.
Blocks and blocks of homes had disappeared, replaced by the rubble of charred lives: A scorched elliptical machine stood alone on one lot.
Told in an elliptical style with novelistic chapters, the story follows Agnes, a literature grad student turned junior professor at a small liberal arts college who is struggling to move forward from a traumatic event.
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