Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

superelliptical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: su-perel-lip-ti-cal
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the shape of a superellipse.

Example Sentences

"Already the large superelliptical pool has conferred upon Stockholm an unusual mathematical flavor, like the big catenary curve of St. Louis's Gateway Arch..."

Etymology

From super- + elliptical.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: super

Inflected Forms

more superelliptical (comparative) most superelliptical (superlative)

Questions

What does superelliptical mean?: Having the shape of a superellipse.
Where does superelliptical come from?: From super- + elliptical.

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