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| Main Entry: |
elliptical
 [ih-lip-ti-kuhl] 
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | oval-shaped |
| Synonyms: | egg-shaped, ellipsoidal, oblong, ovoid |
| Notes: | elliptic corresponds to the ellipse while elliptical corresponds to the ellipsis |
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| Main Entry: | irregular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bumpy, uneven |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, amorphous, asymmetrical, bent, broken, cockeyed, craggy, crooked, devious, disproportionate, eccentric, elliptic, elliptical, hilly, jagged, lopsided, lumpy, meandering, not uniform, notched, off-balance, off-center, out of proportion, pitted, protuberant, rough, scarred, serrate, serrated, unaligned, unbalanced, unequal, unsymmetrical, variable, wobbly, zigzagged |
| Antonyms: | even, flat, level, smooth |
| Main Entry: | oblong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | elongated and rounded |
| Synonyms: | egg-shaped, ellipsoidal, elliptical, elongate, long, oval, ovaliform, ovaloid, ovate, ovated, ovoid, rectangular |
Example Sentences
- And metastable isomers differ from normal atoms in having a nucleus which is football shaped or elliptical rather than round.
- Glossy, oval to elliptical leaves more add to my plant list.
- The fact that its orbit is elliptical is seen in the fact that the sun wobbles slightly.
| Main Entry: | oval |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | long and rounded in shape |
| Synonyms: | egg-shaped, ellipsoidal, elliptic, elliptical, oblong, ooid, ovaloid, ovate, oviform, ovoid |
| Main Entry: | round |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ball-shaped; semicircular area |
| Synonyms: | annular, arced, arched, arciform, bent, bowed, bulbous, circular, coiled, curled, curved, curvilinear, cylindrical, discoid, disk-shaped, domical, egg-shaped, elliptical, globose, globular, looped, orbed, orbicular, orbiculate, oval, ringed, rotund, rounded, spherical, spheroid, spiral |
| Main Entry: | terse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brief, short |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, aphoristic, boiled down, breviloquent, brusque, clear-cut, clipped, close, compact, compendiary, compendious, concise, condensed, crisp, cryptic, curt, cut to the bone, elliptical, epigrammatic, exact, gnomic, in a nutshell, incisive, laconic, lean, neat, pithy, pointed, precise, sententious, short and sweet, snappy, succinct, summary, taut, to the point, trenchant |
| Notes: | use terse to characterize brevity or succinctness of expression in a person; concise is used to characterize this in a message |
| Antonyms: | lengthy, long-winded, prolix, wordy |
| Main Entry: | egg-shaped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | oval |
| Synonyms: | elliptical, oblong, ovate, ovoid, pear-shaped |
| Main Entry: | globoid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | round |
| Synonyms: | annular, arced, arched, arciform, bent, bowed, bulbous, circular, coiled, curled, curved, curvilinear, cylindrical, discoid, disk-shaped, domical, egg-shaped, elliptical, globose, globular, looped, orbed, orbicular, orbiculate, oval, ringed, rotund |
| Main Entry: | globular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | round |
| Synonyms: | annular, arced, arched, arciform, bent, bowed, bulbous, circular, coiled, curled, curved, curvilinear, cylindrical, discoid, disk-shaped, domical, egg-shaped, elliptical, globoid, globose, looped, orbed, orbicular, orbiculate, oval, ringed, rotund, rounde |
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