ELLIP'TIC
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2. The plants move in elliptical orbits, having the sun in one focus, and by a radius from the sun, they describe equal areas in equal times.
3. Defective; as an elliptical phrase.
Alt. of Elliptical
Having a form intermediate between elliptic and lanceolate.
2. Having a part omitted; as, an elliptical phrase.
1. According to the figure called an ellipsis.
2. Defectively.
1. In the form of an ellipse.
2. With a part omitted; as, elliptically expressed.
Circularity Roget’s Thesaurus §247
N. circularity, roundness, rotundity, circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet, ringlet, eye, loop, wheel, cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band, contrate wheel, crown wheel, hub, nave, sash, girdle, cestus, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland, crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar, noose, lasso, lassoo, ellipse, oval, ovule, ellipsoid, cycloid, epicycloid, epicycle, semicircle, quadrant, sextant, sector, sphere
V. make round, round, go round, encircle, describe a circle
Adj. round, rounded, circular, annular, orbicular, oval, ovate, elliptic, elliptical, egg-shaped, pear-shaped, cycloidal, spherical
Phr. "i watched the little circles die"
No Bible verses found for "elliptic".