elliptically

Adverb

Meaning

In the form of an ellipse.

With a part omitted; as, elliptically expressed.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Because the Earth orbits the Sun elliptically as the Earth spins on an inclined axis, this period can be up to 7.9 seconds more than (or less than) 24 hours. Source: Internet

In this case the solutions are elliptically polarized electromagnetic waves with phase velocities (where μ is the magnetic permeability ). Source: Internet

For instance, right circularly polarized light reflected from a dielectric surface at grazing incidence (an angle beyond the Brewster angle ) will still emerge as right handed, but elliptically, polarized. Source: Internet

Cladophora is frequently covered with Cocconeis, an elliptically shaped diatom; Vaucheria is often covered with small forms. Source: Internet

At most points along the fiber the net polarization will be an elliptically polarized state, with a return to the original polarization state after an integer number of beat lengths. Source: Internet

Linear polarized light reflected from a metal at non-normal incidence will generally become elliptically polarized. Source: Internet

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