- Look up
elliptical in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Elliptical may mean:
having the
shape of an ellipse, or more broadly, any oval
shape in botany...
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people with some
injuries can use an
elliptical to stay fit, as the low
impact affects them little.
Elliptical trainers offer a non-impact cardiovascular...
- mathematics, an
elliptic curve is a smooth, projective,
algebraic curve of
genus one, on
which there is a
specified point O. An
elliptic curve is defined...
- in
elliptical galaxies is
typically minimal; they may, however,
undergo brief periods of star
formation when
merging with
other galaxies.
Elliptical galaxies...
- In
integral calculus, an
elliptic integral is one of a
number of
related functions defined as the
value of
certain integrals,
which were
first studied...
- In
astrodynamics or
celestial mechanics, an
elliptic orbit or
elliptical orbit is a
Kepler orbit with an
eccentricity of less than 1; this
includes the...
- analysis,
elliptic functions are
special kinds of
meromorphic functions, that
satisfy two
periodicity conditions. They are
named elliptic functions because...
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elliptically polarized waves exhibit chirality.
Circular polarization and
linear polarization can be
considered to be
special cases of
elliptical polarization...
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Elliptic geometry is an
example of a
geometry in
which Euclid's
parallel postulate does not hold. Instead, as in
spherical geometry,
there are no parallel...
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whispering gallery. The
largest elliptical dome in the
world is at the
Sanctuary of
Vicoforte in Vicoforte, Italy.
Elliptical domes have many applications...
