Elliptical: alternatives and connections

Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking.

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Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking.

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of Round

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of Round

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An oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an oblique section of a cone through…

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An oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an oblique section of a cone through…

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Resembling an egg in form; ovoid.

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Alt. of Elliptical

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Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception; as, oval conceptions.

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Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.

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Having the form or figure of an egg; egg-shaped; as, an oviform leaf.

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Alt. of Ovoidal

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Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; -- opposed to oblate.

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