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ellipticity

noun

Etymology

From elliptic + -ity.

  1. borrowed from ἐλλειπτικός
  2. suffixed as ellipticity — “elliptic + ity”

Definitions

  1. The condition of being elliptical (flattened from perfect circular or spherical form)

  2. A measure of this flattening that is a function of the ellipse's equatorial and polar…

    A measure of this flattening that is a function of the ellipse's equatorial and polar radii

The neighborhood

Derived

hypoellipticity, microellipticity, subellipticity

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA