Usually means: Half of an ellipse shape.
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  1. semielliptical: Merriam-Webster
  2. semielliptical: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. semielliptical: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. semielliptical: Collins English Dictionary
  5. semielliptical: Wiktionary
  6. semielliptical: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. semielliptical: Dictionary.com
  8. semielliptical: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  (architecture) Having the form of half an ellipse (divided along the major axis)

Similar:
semi-elliptical, hemielliptic, semielliptic, subelliptical, semimean, hemiellipsoidal, ellipsoidal, elliptical, semicircular, superelliptical, more...

Opposite:
hyperbolic, parabolic, circular, linear, straight

Types:
oval, elliptical, oblong, lenticular, lunate, reniform, cordate, ovate, more...

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Similar:
semi-elliptical, hemielliptic, semielliptic, subelliptical, semimean, hemiellipsoidal, ellipsoidal, elliptical, semicircular, superelliptical, more...

Opposite:
hyperbolic, parabolic, circular, linear, straight

Types:
oval, elliptical, oblong, lenticular, lunate, reniform, cordate, ovate, more...



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