ELLIPTICITIES

Noun

ellipticities

plural of ellipticity

Source: Wiktionary


ELLIPTICITY

El`lip*tic"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. ellipticité.]

Definition: Deviation of an ellipse or a spheroid from the form of a circle or a sphere; especially, in reference to the figure of the earth, the difference between the equatorial and polar semidiameters, divided by the equatorial; thus, the ellipticity of the earth is

Note: Some writers use ellipticity as the ratio of the difference of the two semiaxes to the minor axis, instead of the major. Nichol.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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