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ELLIPTICITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ellipticity mean?
• ELLIPTICITY (noun)
The noun ELLIPTICITY has 1 sense:
1. the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles
Familiarity information: ELLIPTICITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
ellipticity; oblateness
Context example:
the oblateness of the planet
Hypernyms ("ellipticity" is a kind of...):
bulginess; roundedness (the property possessed by a rounded convexity)
Derivation:
elliptic (rounded like an egg)
elliptic ((of a leaf shape) in the form of an ellipse)
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