English Dictionary

elliptical

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪˈlɪp.tɪk.əl/

形容詞

品詞 稀用

In a shape of, or reminding of, an ellipse; oval. / Of, or showing ellipsis; having a word or words omitted. / (of speech) Concise, condensed. / (mathematics, rare) Elliptic.

日本語の意味

楕円形の、楕円を思わせる、または楕円状の / 省略を示す、または省略された部分がある / 簡潔で凝縮された表現の / 数学的（稀な用法）において、楕円に関する

The artist carved an elliptical pattern into the wooden beam to soften its harsh lines.

その芸術家は木の梁に、きつい線を和らげるために楕円形の模様を彫り込んだ。

意味（1）

In a shape of, or reminding of, an ellipse; oval.

Having admitted that the projectile was describing an orbit around the moon, this orbit must necessarily be elliptical; science proves that it must be so.

意味（2）

Of, or showing ellipsis; having a word or words omitted.

If he is sometimes elliptical and obscure, it is because he has so much to tell us.

意味（3）

(of speech) Concise, condensed.

Browning's dark and elliptical mode of speech, like his love of the grotesque, was simply a characteristic of his, a trick of his temperament, and had little or nothing to do with whether what he was expressing was profound or superficial.

意味（4）

(mathematics, rare) Elliptic.

more elliptical （ comparative ）

most elliptical （ superlative ）