Tra từ elliptical - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

el‧lip‧ti‧cal/ɪˈlɪptɪkəl/ (also el‧lip‧tic /-tɪk/) adjective
[date : 1600-1700; Language : Greek; Origin : elleiptikos, from elleipein; ⇨ ellipsis]
1. having the shape of an ellipse:
　 ▪ Kepler published his discovery of the elliptical orbits of planets in 1609.

2. elliptical speech or writing is difficult to understand because more is meant than is actually said:
　 ▪ The language is often elliptical and ambiguous.

adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
NOUN
orbit
▪ Radial burns can also be used to circularize an elliptical orbit.
▪ In this cumbersome manner the elliptical orbits of the planets could all be defined within the context of the perfect circle.
▪ Kepler published his discovery of the elliptical orbits of planets in 1609.
▪ For example, consider a spacecraft flying in an elliptical orbit and burning its engines at the moment it reaches perigee.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A striking feature of this architectural style is the elliptical windows.
▪ Kepler first discovered the elliptical orbits of the planets.
▪ The earth moves around the sun in an elliptical orbit.
▪ The theme is often hard to find in his elliptical storytelling
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Compared with the lectures, the book is condensed, elliptical and impatient.
▪ First, how is successful communication possible despite the fact that many utterances produced are incomplete, elliptical or linguistically ill-formed?
▪ I gather from the elliptical description that follows that he began to patronize the coffee shop a lot more frequently.
▪ Karlin relates the oppressive anti-Semitism his forebears endured in a vague, almost elliptical style with dips into the stream of consciousness.
▪ The blade is as long as the petiole, elliptical, and dark green with very dark nerves.
▪ The body was supported on three-quarter elliptical springs at the end.
▪ The Earth is bowl-shaped and elliptical, with a length one and a half times its breadth.