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語源

From elliptic +‎ -al, from Ancient Greek ἐλλειπτικός (elleiptikós), from ἐλλείπω (elleípō, “I leave out, omit”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ɪˈlɪp.tɪk.əl/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ɪˈlɪp.tɪ.kəl/, /əˈlɪp.tɪ.kəl/

形容詞

elliptical (comparative more elliptical, superlative most elliptical)

1. In a shape of, or reminding of, an ellipse; oval.
   • 1876, “Chapter XIX”, in Edward Roth, transl., All Around the Moon:

     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.

2. Of, or showing ellipsis; having a word or words omitted.
   • 1940, Edmund Wilson, To the Finland Station:

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

3. (of speech) Concise, condensed.
   • 1903, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, “Chapter VI”, in Robert Browning:

     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.

   • early 20th century, O. Henry, The Making of a New Yorker:

     He was called a tramp; but that was only an elliptical way of saying that he was a philosopher, an artist, a traveller, a naturalist and a discoverer.

4. (mathematics, rare) Elliptic.
5. (linguistics) relating to or containing an instance of ellipsis.

   2001, Jason Merchant, The Syntax of Silence, →DOI, page 1:

   Elliptical processes capitalize on the redundancy of certain kinds of information in certain contexts, and permit an economy of expression by omitting the linguistic structures that would otherwise be required to express this information.

使用する際の注意点

• In botanical usage, elliptic(al) refers only to the general shape of the object (usually a leaf), independently of its apex or margin (and sometimes the base), so that an "elliptic leaf" may very well be pointed at both ends. A three-dimensional elliptical object is ellipsoid, while an object that is not a perfectly stretched circle is ovoid or obovoid.

同意語

• elliptic

派生語

名詞

elliptical (plural ellipticals)

1. (astronomy) An elliptical galaxy.
2. An elliptical trainer.