simple past tense and past participle of ellipt

present participle of ellipt

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ellipt

(mathematics) Any function of a complex variable which is periodic in two directions.

plural of elliptical galaxy

A galaxy having a smooth, featureless light-profile. It is one of the three main classes of galaxies originally described by Edwin Hubble in his 1936 work “The Realm of the Nebulae”.

plural of elliptic function

(algebraic geometry) The algebraic set of an equation which equates the square of one variable to a reduced cubic polynomial in another variable, over some field, and such that the discriminant of the reduced cubic is non-zero.

plural of elliptical trainer

An exercise machine in which the feet of the user travel an elliptic path; used to simulate stair climbing, walking, or running without causing excessive pressure to the joints.