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The definition of elliptical is something that resembles or relates to an ellipse, a plane that intersects a cone.

(adjective)

An example of elliptical is the orbit of the earth around the sun.

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See elliptical in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

of, or having the form of, an ellipse, as some leaves
of or characterized by ellipsis; with a word or words omitted, with obscure, incomplete constructions, etc.

Origin: < Gr elleiptikos (see ellipse) + -al

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