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PRONUNCIATION OF ELLIPTICALLY

elliptically  [ɪˈlɪptɪklɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ELLIPTICALLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Elliptically is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES ELLIPTICALLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of elliptically in the English dictionary

The definition of elliptically in the dictionary is in a circumlocutory or long-winded manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ELLIPTICALLY


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ˌælfəˈbɛtɪklɪ
analytically
ˌænəˈlɪtɪklɪ
artistically
ɑːˈtɪstɪklɪ
athletically
æθˈletɪklɪ
automatically
ˌɔːtəˈmætɪklɪ
chaotically
keɪˈɒtɪklɪ
characteristically
ˌkærɪktəˈrɪstɪklɪ
chromatically
krəˈmætɪklɪ
critically
ˈkrɪtɪklɪ
diagnostically
ˌdaɪəɡˈnɒstɪklɪ
ecstatically
ɛkˈstætɪklɪ
energetically
ˌenəˈdʒetɪklɪ
enthusiastically
ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪklɪ
euphemistically
ˌjuːfəˈmɪstɪklɪ
fanatically
fəˈnætɪklɪ
mysticly
ˈmɪstɪklɪ
presynaptically
ˌpriːsɪˈnæptɪklɪ
proleptically
prəʊˈlɛptɪklɪ
proteolytically
ˌprəʊtɪəˈlɪtɪklɪ
tickly
ˈtɪklɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ELLIPTICALLY

ellagic
Ellenborough
Ellesmere Island
Ellesmere Port
Ellice Islands
Ellington
ellipse
ellipses
ellipsis
ellipsograph
ellipsoid
ellipsoid of revolution
ellipsoidal
elliptic
elliptic geometry
elliptical
ellipticalness
ellipticity
Ellis
ellwand

WORDS THAT END LIKE ELLIPTICALLY

actually
basically
clinically
dramatically
drastically
dynamically
economically
electronically
fantastically
genetically
historically
locally
periodically
physically
politically
practically
specifically
statistically
technically
tragically
typically

Synonyms and antonyms of elliptically in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «elliptically» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ELLIPTICALLY

Find out the translation of elliptically to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of elliptically from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «elliptically» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

椭圆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

elípticamente
570 millions of speakers

English

elliptically
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

elliptically
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إيجازا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

эллиптически
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

elipticamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপবৃত্তাকারভাবে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

elliptique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Elliptically
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

elliptisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

楕円形に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

타원
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Elliptically
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

elip
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீள்வட்டத்தில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लंबवर्तुळाकार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

elliptically
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ellitticamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

eliptycznie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

еліптично
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

eliptic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ελλειπτικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

elliptiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

elliptiskt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

elliptisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of elliptically

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ELLIPTICALLY»

The term «elliptically» is regularly used and occupies the 79.646 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ELLIPTICALLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about elliptically

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ELLIPTICALLY»

Discover the use of elliptically in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to elliptically and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Elliptically Contoured Models in Statistics
This volume presents the first detailed introduction to the theory of matrix variate elliptically contoured distributions. The book comprises eight chapters and an up-to-date bibliography.
Arjun K. Gupta, Tamas Varga, 1993
2
Multivariate Statistical Simulation: A Guide to Selecting ...
Elliptically contoured distributions provide a useful class of distributions for assessing the robustness of statistical procedures to certain types of multivariate non-normality. A statistical method is generally considered to be “robust” if it performs ...
Mark E. Johnson, 2013
3
Engineering Physics
4.3.8 Detection of Plane, Circular, and Elliptically Polarized Light plane polarized light A plane polarized light produced by a Nicol prism (Polarizer-P) is allowed to fall on another Nicol prism (Analyzer-A) as illustrated in Figure 4.16.
Rajagopal, Rajagopal K., 2007
4
The Measurement of Market Risk: Modelling of Risk Factors, ...
In fact mean- variance analysis remains consistent with utility maximisation if the joint distribution of the risk factors belongs to the class of the elliptically symmetric or elliptically contoured distributions (see Ingersoll (1987), p. 104). Members of ...
Pierre-Yves Moix, 2001
5
Circular Dichroism: Principles and Applications
This light is collimated and made linearly polarized with a prism polarizer (HP) before entering a birefringent element (SP), which produces elliptically polarized light. The birefringent element shown here is a fused-silica plate on which a ...
Nina Berova, Koji Nakanishi, Robert Woody, 2000
6
Invariant Tests and Likelihood Ratio Tests for Multivariate ...
The usual assumption in multivariate hypothesis testing is that the sample consists of n independent, identically distributed Gaussian p-vectors.
H. Hsu, 1985
7
Polarized Light, Revised and Expanded
This leads to the question of how we can generate an elliptically polarized beam of any desired orientation and ellipticity regardless of the polarization state of an incident beam. 5.6 GENERATION OF ELLIPTICALLY POLARIZED LIGHT In the ...
Dennis Goldstein, Dennis H. Goldstein, 2003
8
A Text Book of Optics (m.e.)
(RTMNU, Nagpur 2010) What is elliptically polarized light? How is it produced? Explain the construction and working of quarter wave plate. How is it used to produce circularly polarized light? (Gulbarga 2005) How would you produce and  ...
N. Subrahmanyam, Brij Lal, M.N. Avadhanulu, 2004
9
Textbook of Engineering Physics
EAif] Production of Plane Polarized, Circularly Polarized and Elliptically Polarized Light Production of plane polarized light When a monochromatic unpolarized light ray passes through a Nicol prism, then it splits into an O-ray and an E-ray.
NEERAJ MEHTA, 2008
10
Handbook of Complex Analysis: Geometric Function Theory
Following Kühnau [95], a set E is said elliptically schlicht if E ∩ E∗ = ∅. At the other extreme, a set E is said to be diametrically symmetric if E∗ = E. A mapping f is diametrically symmetric if it is defined on a diametrically symmetric set E and it  ...
Reiner Kuhnau, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ELLIPTICALLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term elliptically is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Indie Film Spotlight: Stangerland
That sounds like an urgent, panicked situation, but first-time director Kim Farrant treats it so elliptically and obliquely that her film becomes a ... «NOW Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Filming molecules in action
The team adapted HHG by using elliptically polarized laser pulses shone on two chiral compounds to record a 'movie' with 'frames' ... «Nature Middle East, Jul 15»
3
Hard to Be a God Caps a Career With Glorious Muck
Bulldozing around a Boschian maze of reeking ruins, animal parts, unruly fires, and deformed minions, Rumata is elliptically beset by intrigues, ... «Miami New Times, Jul 15»
4
Karlovy Vary Review: Elegant, Mysterious, Paranoid 'Partisan …
It gradually, elliptically becomes clear that Grigori's urban fortress, of padlocked hidden entrances and concrete passageways, is a kind of ... «Indie Wire, Jul 15»
5
Why Greece's yes campaign failed
The EU's president, Jean-Claude Juncker, was almost disconcertingly emotional when last week he declared (somewhat elliptically, it must be ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
6
Scranton, Pa.: An affordable family vacation
Also noteworthy are Archbald Pothole State Park in Archbald, a 150-acre park with an elliptically shaped, 380-feet-deep pothole; and ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
7
True Detective season 2 continues the tradition of Chinatown and …
The California noir tells these stories elliptically and symbolically (often with a woman standing in for the idea of the state itself), but in the end, ... «Vox, Jun 15»
8
Venezuela on Table When Obama Meets Brazilian President Rousseff
It may be elliptically eluded to with a statement about supporting democracies in the hemisphere, something like that, but Brazil is constantly ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jun 15»
9
Disclosure - "Holding On" (Feat. Gregory Porter) Video
... Porter-featuring first single “Holding On.” Shot in Mexico City, the video is set in a dystopian future police state and elliptically begins the story ... «Stereogum, Jun 15»
10
Probing molecular chirality on a sub-femtosecond timescale
The Lorentz force pushes the electron out of the polarization plane, and in an elliptically polarized field the electron trajectory between ionization and ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»

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