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elliptic

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elliptic [ə′lip·tik]
(science and technology)
Oval-shaped.


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No one knew exactly what inspired her elliptic comments, and her relations had long since given up trying to interpret them.
Would it be thought sufficient to say that because planets revolve in elliptic courses round the sun, satellites follow the same course round the planets, for the sake of symmetry, and to complete the scheme of nature?
To the south of the broken tuff-crater, in which the Beagle was anchored, there was another beautifully symmetrical one of an elliptic form; its longer axis was a little less than a mile, and its depth about
 
 
 
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