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21elliptical — UK [ɪˈlɪptɪk(ə)l] / US adjective 1) suggesting what you mean rather than saying or writing it clearly 2) maths shaped like an ellipse …
22Wankel engine — /ˈwæŋkəl ɛndʒən/ (say wangkuhl enjuhn) noun an internal combustion engine with one or more combustion chambers, each shaped like an ellipse with its longer sides slightly indented; within each of these a triangular shaped piston rotates… …
23elliptic leaf — noun a simple leaf shaped like an ellipse • Hypernyms: ↑simple leaf …
24el|lip|ti|cal|ly — «ih LIHP tuh klee», adverb. 1. shaped like an ellipse. 2. with an ellipsis …
25el|lip|toid — «ih LIHP toyd», adjective. shaped somewhat like an ellipse; elliptical …
26State highways in New Jersey — Standard route signage in New Jersey Highway names Interstates: Interstate X (I X) …
27Soddy's hexlet — [ ellipse.] In geometry, Soddy s hexlet is a chain of six spheres (shown in grey in Figure 1), each of which is tangent to both of its neighbors and also to three mutually tangent given spheres. In Figure 1, these three spheres are shown as an… …
28celestial mechanics — the branch of astronomy that deals with the application of the laws of dynamics and Newton s law of gravitation to the motions of heavenly bodies. [1815 25] * * * Branch of astronomy that deals with the mathematical theory of the motions of… …
29mathematics — /math euh mat iks/, n. 1. (used with a sing. v.) the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically. 2. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) mathematical procedures,… …
30Polarization — ( Brit. polarisation) is a property of waves that describes the orientation of their oscillations. For transverse waves, it describes the orientation of the oscillations in the plane perpendicular to the wave s direction of travel. Longitudinal… …
