Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having the form or shape of half of an ellipse, especially when divided along the major axis.
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- adjective architecture Having the form of half an
ellipse (divided along the major axis)
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It's a semielliptical, high-porosity -- All you got to know, Mr. Novak, is, it will take the suspended weight of both you and I, OK?
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