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semi-elliptical en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /sɛmiˈɪˈlɪp.tɪkəl/ (UK)

Etymology

From semi- + elliptical.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of semielliptical.
    • Many of them now have the semi-elliptical, frame-less tenders taken from scrapped Kriegsloks of Type "52". 1960 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 553:

Deriveds

semi-elliptical spring