- 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
astrodynamics or
celestial mechanics, an
elliptic orbit or
elliptical orbit is a
Kepler orbit with an
eccentricity of less than 1; this
includes the...
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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...
- analysis,
elliptic functions are
special kinds of
meromorphic functions, that
satisfy two
periodicity conditions. They are
named elliptic functions because...
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laminated or
carriage spring, and
sometimes referred to as a semi-
elliptical spring,
elliptical spring, or cart spring, it is one of the
oldest forms of vehicle...
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Elliptic is a
British blockchain analytics firm
headquartered in London, with
offices in New York and Singapore. The
company was co-founded by Adam Joyce...