Cryptic crossword clue
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The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ELLIPTIC

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What does ELLIPTIC mean?

ELLIPTIC adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to an ellipse.
  2. Of or pertaining to a broad field of mathematics that originates from the problem of calculating arc lengths of an ellipse.
  3. (in combination, of certain functions, equations and operators) That has coefficients satisfying a condition analogous to the condition for the general equation for a conic section to be of an ellipse.
  4. (of leaves) Oval, with a short or no point.

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