elliptic

English Thesaurus

1. characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements (adj.all)

similar	:	concise,
definition	:	expressing much in few words (adj.all)

2. rounded like an egg (adj.all)

similar	:	rounded,
definition	:	curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged (adj.all)

3. (of a leaf shape) in the form of an ellipse (adj.all)

similar	:	simple, unsubdivided,
definition	:	(botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions (adj.all)

4. rounded like an egg (adj.all)

derivation	:	ellipticity, oblateness,
definition	:	the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	ellipse, oval,
definition	:	a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it (noun.shape)

derivation	:	ovoid,
definition	:	an egg-shaped object (noun.shape)

5. (of a leaf shape) in the form of an ellipse (adj.all)

derivation	:	ellipticity, oblateness,
definition	:	the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles (noun.attribute)

6. rounded like an egg (adj.all)

derivation	:	ellipticity, oblateness,
definition	:	the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	ellipse, oval,
definition	:	a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it (noun.shape)

derivation	:	ovoid,
definition	:	an egg-shaped object (noun.shape)

7. (of a leaf shape) in the form of an ellipse (adj.all)

derivation	:	ellipticity, oblateness,
definition	:	the property possessed by a round shape that is flattened at the poles (noun.attribute)