soikea — meaning in English
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English meaning
- elliptic adj Of or pertaining to an ellipse.
- elliptical adj Shaped like an ellipse — a flattened, oval curve.
- oval noun A rounded, elongated shape like an egg or a flattened circle.
Senses
soikea is used for these senses in English:
- ellipsoid (botany) Having the tridimensional shape of an ellipse rotated on its long axis.
- elliptic (mathematics) Of or pertaining to a broad field of mathematics that originates from the problem of calculating arc lengths of an ellipse.
- elliptical In a shape of, or reminding of, an ellipse; oval.
- oval Having the shape of an oval.
elliptic — full definition
- adj Of or pertaining to an ellipse.
- adj Of or pertaining to a broad field of mathematics that originates from the problem of calculating arc lengths of an ellipse.
- adj That has coefficients satisfying a condition analogous to the condition for the general equation for a conic section to be of an ellipse.
- adj Oval, with a short or no point.
elliptical — full definition
- adj Shaped like an ellipse — a flattened, oval curve.
- adj Leaving out words or details, so that the meaning has to be inferred; deliberately brief.
- noun A gym machine that lets you walk or run in a smooth oval motion without impact.