Elliptic

Definitions

An elliptical function, equation, path, etc.

Equivalents

Examples

“The Planetary Paths I trace, / Exploring Realms of boundleſs Space; / Elliptics, Angles, Cubes, and Curves, / In me ſupply the Place⟳ of Nerves; […]”

“Two men were smoking over a bottle of wine at one table; they were talking of parabolics and elliptics, and describing diagrams on the table with a wet⟳ finger; […]”

“Diagrams geometric, on parchmental scroll; / Circles, ovals, elliptics and such, / He sure figures will tell⟳ what is inside the knoll, / And tho far under ground, he’s in touch⟳ / With the hidden deposits of mineral ore, / And lost channels ’neath mountains he feels: […]”

“The fix⟳ points of hyperbolics and parabolics in F must lie⟳ on the fixed circle C, while the fixed points of elliptics in F are inverse with respect⟳ to C.”

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