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hypoellipse

noun

Etymology

From hypo- + ellipse.

  1. derived from ἔλλειψις
  2. learned borrowing from ellīpsis
  3. borrowed from ellipse
  4. prefixed as hypoellipse — “hypo + ellipse”

Definitions

  1. A superellipse with an exponent (shape parameter) smaller than that of the ellipse, i.e.…

    A superellipse with an exponent (shape parameter) smaller than that of the ellipse, i.e. less than two.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hypoellipse. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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