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Mathematical concept
In mathematics, an elliptic surface is a surface that has an elliptic fibration, in other words a proper morphism with connected fibers to an algebraic
Elliptic_surface
One-dimensional complex manifold
Weierstrass elliptic function. Likewise, genus g {\displaystyle g} surfaces have Riemann surface structures, as (compactifications of) hyperelliptic surfaces y
Riemann_surface
Three-dimensional solid
hyperbola is called an elliptic cylinder, parabolic cylinder and hyperbolic cylinder, respectively. These are degenerate quadric surfaces. When the principal
Cylinder
Mathematical algorithm
studying elliptic surfaces. It determines whether a given set of sections of an elliptic surface provides a basis, up to torsion, for the surface's Mordell–Weil
Cox–Zucker_machine
Quadric surface with one axis of symmetry and no center of symmetry
plane). A paraboloid is either elliptic or hyperbolic. Equivalently, a paraboloid may be defined as a quadric surface that is not a cylinder, and has
Paraboloid
hyperelliptic surface, or bi-elliptic surface, is a minimal surface whose Albanese morphism is an elliptic fibration without singular fibres. Any such surface can
Hyperelliptic_surface
Mathematical classification of surfaces
surfaces, all hyperelliptic surfaces, all Kodaira surfaces, some K3 surfaces, some abelian surfaces, and some rational surfaces are elliptic surfaces
Enriques–Kodaira classification
Enriques–Kodaira_classification
Algebraic curve in mathematics
mathematics, an elliptic curve is a smooth, projective, algebraic curve of genus one, on which there is a specified point O. An elliptic curve is defined
Elliptic_curve
Algebraic surface with special triviality properties
trivial square. Enriques surfaces are all projective (and therefore Kähler over the complex numbers) and are elliptic surfaces of genus 0. Over fields
Enriques_surface
American mathematician (1949–2019)
provides a basis (up to torsion) for the Mordell–Weil group of an elliptic surface E → S {\displaystyle E\to S} , where S {\displaystyle S} is isomorphic
Steven_Zucker
Type of smooth complex surface of kodaira dimension 0
general elliptic K3 surface has exactly 24 singular fibers, each of type I 1 {\displaystyle I_{1}} (a nodal cubic curve). Whether a K3 surface is elliptic can
K3_surface
Type of algebraic surface
named for Michel Raynaud (1978). To be precise, a Raynaud surface is a quasi-elliptic surface over an algebraic curve of genus g greater than 1, such that
Raynaud_surface
Type of surface singularity used in algebraic geometry
In algebraic geometry, an elliptic singularity of a surface, introduced by Philip Wagreich in 1970, is a surface singularity such that the arithmetic genus
Elliptic_singularity
Non-Euclidean geometry
Elliptic geometry is an example of a geometry in which Euclid's parallel postulate does not hold. Instead, as in spherical geometry, there are no parallel
Elliptic_geometry
Cone with an elliptical base
lateral conic surface, a quadric called conical quadric or quadratic cone. In a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, an elliptic cone is the locus
Elliptic_cone
Critical point on a surface graph which is not a local extremum
hyperbolic paraboloid shape. Saddle surfaces have negative Gaussian curvature which distinguish them from convex/elliptical surfaces which have positive Gaussian
Saddle_point
Concept in algebraic geometry
1 (an abelian surface) has Kodaira dimension 0; the product of a curve of genus 1 with a curve of genus at least 2 (an elliptic surface) has Kodaira dimension
Kodaira_dimension
Smooth closed surface with g holes
A genus one orientable surface is the ordinary torus. A non-orientable surface of genus one is the projective plane. Elliptic curves over the complex
Genus_g_surface
Third planet from the Sun
being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all of Earth's water is contained in its ocean, which covers
Earth
American mathematician
Amherst College. He studies, among other things, étale homotopy theory, elliptic surfaces, computer-based algebraic geometry (such as Gröbner basis), Torelli
David_A._Cox
In mathematics, Dolgachev surfaces are certain simply connected elliptic surfaces, introduced by Igor Dolgachev (1981). They can be used to give examples
Dolgachev_surface
Humbert surfaces Picard modular surfaces Shioda modular surfaces Elliptic surfaces, surfaces with an elliptic fibration; quasielliptic surfaces constitute
List of complex and algebraic surfaces
List_of_complex_and_algebraic_surfaces
Type of vehicle suspension
laminated or carriage spring, and sometimes referred to as a semi-elliptical spring, elliptical spring, or cart spring, it is one of the oldest forms of vehicle
Leaf_spring
Simply connected Riemann surface is equivalent to an open disk, complex plane, or sphere
that every Riemann surface admits a Riemannian metric of constant curvature, where the curvature can be taken to be 1 in the elliptic, 0 in the parabolic
Uniformization_theorem
Kepler orbit with an eccentricity of less than one
In astrodynamics or celestial mechanics, an elliptical orbit or eccentric orbit is an orbit with an eccentricity of less than 1;[citation needed] this
Elliptic_orbit
Mathematical classification
simple groups, Monster, Baby and Fischer 24', cf. monstrous moonshine. Elliptic surface Catastrophe theory ADE classification (Proctor 1993) (Proctor 1993
ADE_classification
Number of "holes" of a surface
applied to the Riemann surface of X {\displaystyle X} (its manifold of complex points). For example, the definition of elliptic curve from algebraic geometry
Genus_(mathematics)
algebraic surfaces Ruled surface Cubic surface Veronese surface Del Pezzo surface Rational surface Enriques surface K3 surface Hodge index theorem Elliptic surface
List of algebraic geometry topics
List_of_algebraic_geometry_topics
Russian mathematician
1-dimensional global fields to 2-dimensional arithmetic surfaces such as proper regular models of elliptic curves over global fields. His theory led to three
Ivan_Fesenko
modular surface is one of the elliptic surfaces studied by Shioda (1972). Barth, Wolf; Hulek, Klaus (1985), "Projective models of Shioda modular surfaces",
Shioda_modular_surface
Algebraic variety of dimension two
hyperelliptic surfaces κ = 1: elliptic surfaces κ = 2: surfaces of general type. For more examples see the list of algebraic surfaces. The first five examples
Algebraic_surface
Surface drawn by a moving line passing through a fixed point
point not on the plane of C {\displaystyle C} , one obtains an elliptic cone. A conical surface S {\displaystyle S} can be described parametrically as S (
Conical_surface
fourth order elliptic partial differential equation can be formulated. Biharmonic Bézier surfaces are related to minimal surfaces. i.e. surfaces that minimise
Biharmonic_Bézier_surface
Geometric shape
base, it is called a frustum. An elliptical cone is a cone with an elliptical base. A generalized cone is the surface created by the set of lines passing
Cone
Lines with constant perpendicular distance between them
In elliptic geometry, two lines are Clifford parallel or paratactic lines if the perpendicular distance between them is constant from point to point. The
Clifford_parallel
Parameter in the gravitational two-body problem
R, then the additional specific energy of an elliptic orbit compared to being stationary at the surface is − μ 2 a + μ R = μ ( 2 a − R ) 2 a R {\displaystyle
Specific_orbital_energy
Polarization of electromagnetic radiation
In electrodynamics, elliptical polarization is the polarization of electromagnetic radiation such that the tip of the electric field vector describes an
Elliptical_polarization
The idea goes further. Thus elliptic surfaces over the complex numbers, also, have some quite strict analogies with elliptic curves over number fields.
Glossary of arithmetic and diophantine geometry
Glossary_of_arithmetic_and_diophantine_geometry
Distinguished surfaces of dynamic trajectories
members of nested families of elliptic LCSs. Two- and three-dimensional examples of elliptic LCS revealed by tubular level surfaces of the PRA are shown in
Lagrangian_coherent_structure
Mathematical concept
crystalline cohomology are all n/2. For special classes of varieties such as elliptic curves, it is common to use various ad hoc definitions of "supersingular"
Supersingular_variety
Type of orbital maneuver
In astronautics and aerospace engineering, the bi-elliptic transfer is an orbital maneuver that moves a spacecraft from one orbit to another and may, in
Bi-elliptic_transfer
analogies with elliptic fibrations. Given two distinct irreducible divisors and a closed point on the special fiber of an arithmetic surface, we can define
Arithmetic_surface
the historical design. The vane tips radially contact the cam ring elliptic surface and cause a significant friction as the rotor and vanes turn. This
Hydristor
Surface containing a line through every point
S. Examples include the plane, the lateral surface of a cylinder or cone, a conical surface with elliptical directrix, the right conoid, the helicoid,
Ruled_surface
Algorithm in the theory of elliptic curves
fibers given by the Kodaira symbol or Néron symbol, for which, see elliptic surfaces: in turn this determines the exponent fp of the conductor E. Tate's
Tate's_algorithm
Wilson. The PDE method involves generating a surface for some boundary by means of solving an elliptic partial differential equation of the form ( ∂
PDE_surface
Conjecture on zeros of the zeta function
(2011), "Positivity of certain functions associated with analysis on elliptic surfaces", Journal of Number Theory, 131 (10): 1770–1796, doi:10.1016/j.jnt
Riemann_hypothesis
definition. For elliptic curves, potential good reduction is equivalent to the j-invariant being an algebraic integer. Elliptic surface Serre, Jean-Pierre;
Potential_good_reduction
general fibers have the Kodaira dimension 0 i.e. elliptic curve. Therefore, S is the elliptic surface. These fact can be generalized to the general n.
Iitaka_dimension
Standard surface gravity
The surface gravity, g, of an astronomical object is the gravitational acceleration experienced at its surface at the equator, including the effects of
Surface_gravity
Algorithm for integer factorization
The Lenstra elliptic-curve factorization or the elliptic-curve factorization method (ECM) is a fast, sub-exponential running time, algorithm for integer
Lenstra elliptic-curve factorization
Lenstra_elliptic-curve_factorization
Locus of the zeros of a polynomial of degree two
In mathematics, a quadric or quadric surface is a generalization of conic sections (ellipses, parabolas, and hyperbolas). In three-dimensional space,
Quadric
Mathematics of smooth surfaces
of surfaces deals with the differential geometry of smooth surfaces with various additional structures, most often, a Riemannian metric. Surfaces have
Differential geometry of surfaces
Differential_geometry_of_surfaces
Concept in algebraic geometry
In mathematics, an abelian surface is a 2-dimensional abelian variety. One-dimensional complex tori are just elliptic curves and are all algebraic, but
Abelian_surface
Electromagnetic method of non-destructive testing of conductive materials
effects as flaws become more distant from the inspection surface. Flaw area: For semi-elliptical surface flaws, the flaw area A is determined by the flaw depth
Eddy-current_testing
Astrodynamic equation
only slightly larger than the potential energy at the surface of the Earth, then the orbit is elliptic with eccentricity close to 1 and one end of the ellipse
Orbit_equation
These surfaces contain an elliptic curve (the image of the x-axis) and if λ = 0 {\displaystyle \lambda =0} the image of the y-axis is a second elliptic curve
Hopf_surface
Stability conditions for triangulated cateogires
Hokuto (2015-11-18). "Autoequivalences of derived categories of elliptic surfaces with non-zero Kodaira dimension". pp. 10–12. arXiv:1501.06657 [math
Bridgeland stability condition
Bridgeland_stability_condition
ISSN 0002-9939, MR 2390492, S2CID 35276117 Ishida, Masa-Nori (1988), "An elliptic surface covered by Mumford's fake projective plane", The Tohoku Mathematical
Bogomolov–Miyaoka–Yau inequality
Bogomolov–Miyaoka–Yau_inequality
Special functions of several complex variables
when arranged in a lattice?" geometry: "what are the shape properties of elliptic curves?" and others, including abelian varieties, moduli spaces, quadratic
Theta_function
Special point on a modular curve in mathematics
arXiv:math.NT/0506325v2. Brown, Mark (1994), "On a conjecture of Tate for elliptic surfaces over finite fields", Proc. London Math. Soc., 69 (3): 489–514, doi:10
Heegner_point
Gauss curvature Elliptic point Types of surfaces Minimal surface Ruled surface Conical surface Developable surface Nadirashvili surface See also multivariable
List of differential geometry topics
List_of_differential_geometry_topics
Mathematical concept
new surfaces and open conjectures in topology. The Costa surface can be described using the Weierstrass zeta function and the Weierstrass elliptic function
Costa's_minimal_surface
Concept in gravitational orbital mechanics
lost in the system while the work is being done. For any Keplerian orbit (elliptic, parabolic, hyperbolic, or radial), the vis-viva equation is as follows:
Vis-viva_equation
Amount by which an orbit deviates from a perfect circle
circle. A value of 0 is a circular orbit, values between 0 and 1 form an elliptic orbit, 1 is a parabolic (escape orbit or capture orbit), and greater than
Orbital_eccentricity
Two geometries based on axioms closely related to those specifying Euclidean geometry
metric geometry. In the former case, one obtains hyperbolic geometry and elliptic geometry, the traditional non-Euclidean geometries. When isotropic quadratic
Non-Euclidean_geometry
In mathematics, the Dixon elliptic functions sm and cm are two elliptic functions (doubly periodic meromorphic functions on the complex plane) that map
Dixon_elliptic_functions
Type of non-Euclidean geometry
name hyperbolic geometry to include it in the now rarely used sequence elliptic geometry (spherical geometry), parabolic geometry (Euclidean geometry)
Hyperbolic_geometry
Dutch mathematician (1942–2010)
interested in algebraic geometry and wrote a book on QRT maps and elliptic surfaces. Duistermaat contributed also to applied mathematics. He was a consultant
Hans_Duistermaat
Locally spherical point on a mathematical surface
isolated points in the elliptical region of the surface; that is, where the Gaussian curvature is positive. The sphere is the only surface with non-zero curvature
Umbilical_point
Area of mathematics
hyperbolic umbilic catastrophe modeled the breaking of a wave and the elliptical umbilic modeled the creation of hair-like structures. V = x 3 + y 3 +
Catastrophe_theory
American mathematician (born 1937)
These are the elliptic and quasi-elliptic surfaces not contained in the last two groups. Kodaira dimension 2. These are the surfaces of general type
David_Mumford
Two-dimensional manifold
non-isomorphic compact Riemann surfaces of genus 1 (the elliptic curves). Complex structures on a closed oriented surface correspond to conformal equivalence
Surface_(topology)
Set of bivariate correlations among galaxies
between the effective radius, average surface brightness and central velocity dispersion of normal elliptical galaxies. Any one of the three parameters
Fundamental plane (elliptical galaxies)
Fundamental_plane_(elliptical_galaxies)
Italian mathematician (1871–1946)
surfaces give rise to Kummer surfaces as quotients. There remains the class of elliptic surfaces, which are fiber bundles over a curve with elliptic curves
Federigo_Enriques
Set of points equidistant from a center
is a form of elliptic geometry, which together with hyperbolic geometry makes up non-Euclidean geometry. The sphere is a smooth surface with constant
Sphere
Hyperelliptic curve cryptography is similar to elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) insofar as the Jacobian of a hyperelliptic curve is an abelian group in
Hyperelliptic curve cryptography
Hyperelliptic_curve_cryptography
Speed at which a body orbits around the barycenter of a system
motion will be on an ellipse with one focus at the other body. See radial elliptic trajectory, free-fall time. Planets have bound orbits around the Sun. The
Orbital_speed
Geometric model of the physical space
surface. There are six types of non-degenerate quadric surfaces: Ellipsoid Hyperboloid of one sheet Hyperboloid of two sheets Elliptic cone Elliptic paraboloid
Three-dimensional_space
Product of the principal curvatures of a surface
curvature is positive and the surface is said to have an elliptic point. At such points, the surface will be dome like, locally lying on one side of its tangent
Gaussian_curvature
Elliptical galaxy smaller than normal ones
Dwarf elliptical galaxies have blue absolute magnitudes within the range −18 < MV < −14 : fainter than ordinary elliptical galaxies. The surface brightness
Dwarf_elliptical_galaxy
2D surface which extends indefinitely
intersect, so that every pair of lines intersects in exactly one point. The elliptic plane may be further defined by adding a metric to the real projective
Plane_(mathematics)
Nonlinear and exact periodic wave solution of the Korteweg–de Vries equation
are in terms of the Jacobi elliptic function cn, which is why they are coined cnoidal waves. They are used to describe surface gravity waves of fairly long
Cnoidal_wave
Condyle that is received into a small joint in the wrist
ellipsoidal, or bicondylar) is an ovoid articular surface, or condyle that is received into an elliptical cavity. This permits movement in two planes, allowing
Condyloid_joint
Surface with vanishing affine mean curvature
points of an affine area functional. Affine maximal surfaces are often studied under nonlinear elliptic PDE theory via the linearized Monge–Ampère equation
Affine_maximal_surface
In mathematics, the nodal line conjecture is a statement posed in 1967 by Lawrence E. Payne about the Laplacian partial differential equation. The original
Nodal_line_conjecture
Orbit around Earth between 160 and 2000 km
sources define LEO in terms of altitude. The altitude of an object in an elliptic orbit can vary significantly along the orbit. Even for circular orbits
Low_Earth_orbit
Type of differential equation
differential equation is internal to S. A first-order system Lu = 0 is elliptic if no surface is characteristic for L: the values of u on S and the differential
Partial_differential_equation
American mathematician
Morgan and Kieran G. O'Grady. Differential topology of complex surfaces. Elliptic surfaces with pg = 1: smooth classification. With the collaboration of
John_Morgan_(mathematician)
Town in Victoria, Australia
government, administered by Latrobe City Council and has a permanently elliptical surface. The reserve has been identified as a venue for Women's T20 cricket
Moe,_Victoria
Dimensionality reduction of graph-based semantic data objects [machine learning task]
Mahalanobis distance to weights the embedding dimensions, together with elliptical surfaces to remove the ambiguity. It is possible to associate additional information
Knowledge_graph_embedding
Plane curve
one sheet Hyperboloid of two sheets If the water's surface is disturbed at one focus of an elliptical water tank, the circular waves of that disturbance
Ellipse
Transfer manoeuvre between two orbits
transfers. In some cases where one orbit is much larger than the other, a bi-elliptic transfer can use even less impulse, at the cost of even greater travel
Hohmann_transfer_orbit
First planet from the Sun
rocky planet with a trace atmosphere and a surface gravity slightly higher than that of Mars. The surface of Mercury is similar to Earth's Moon, being
Mercury_(planet)
Type of orbit
equal to 1 and is an unbound orbit that is exactly on the border between elliptical and hyperbolic. When moving away from the source it is called an escape
Parabolic_trajectory
Describes the general shape and layout of an aircraft wing
Spitfire is a conventional low wing cantilever monoplane of straight elliptical planform with moderate aspect ratio and slight dihedral. Many variations
Wing_configuration
Center of mass of multiple bodies orbiting each other
the Solar System's barycenter. The barycenter is one of the foci of the elliptical orbit of each body. This is an important concept in the fields of astronomy
Barycenter_(astronomy)
Unbounded quadric surface
ruled surface. In the second case (−1 in the right-hand side of the equation): a two-sheet hyperboloid, also called an elliptic hyperboloid. The surface has
Hyperboloid
unduloid, or onduloid, is a surface with constant nonzero mean curvature obtained as a surface of revolution of an elliptic catenary: that is, by rolling
Unduloid
Conformal structure admits a Hodge dual of 1-forms without even specifying a metric
his method of orthogonal projection, a precursor of the modern theory of elliptic differential operators and Sobolev spaces. These techniques were originally
Differential forms on a Riemann surface
Differential_forms_on_a_Riemann_surface
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Female
English
 English name derived from the flower name which originally meant "a line of verse engraved on the inner surface of a ring," but later acquired the POSY means "bouquet, flower." Pet form of English Josephine, meaning "(God) shall add (another son)."Â
Boy/Male
Australian, Chinese, Dutch, Portuguese
Silver Voice; Hell's Door; Slanting Surface
Surname or Lastname
Dutch and German
Dutch and German : from a Germanic personal name, Halidher, composed of the elements halið ‘hero’ + hari, heri ‘army’, or from another personal name, Hildher, composed of the elements hild ‘strife’, ‘battle’ + the same second element.Dutch and North German : topographic name for someone living on a slope, from Middle Dutch helldinge ‘slanting surface’. Compare Halder.English : from an agent derivative of Old English healdan ‘to hold’, hence a name denoting an occupier or tenant. Compare Holder.English : variant of Hilder.English : possibly a variant of Elder, with the addition of an inorganic initial H-.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a sheepshearer or someone who used shears to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excess nap, from Middle English shereman ‘shearer’.Americanized spelling of German Schuermann.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a tailor, from Yiddish sher ‘scissors’ + man ‘man’.Roger Sherman (1722–93), the only man to sign all three documents at the foundation of the American republic (the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the U.S. Constitution), was born in Newton, MA, a descendant of Capt. John Sherman, who had emigrated in about 1636 to MA from Dedham, Essex, England, where his father was a farmer, following his brother Edmund, who had emigrated two years earlier. A descendant of Edmund Sherman was the U.S. general William Tecumseh Sherman (1820–91), who led the Union march through GA. He was born in Lancaster, OH, the son of a judge; his middle name was bestowed in honor of a Shawnee chieftain.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Greenery; The Lush Greenery on the Surface of the Earth
Male
Portuguese
Portuguese name derived from the name of a Dutch town, from Middle Dutch helldinge, HÉLDER means "slanting surface."
Girl/Female
American, Assamese, British, Celebrity, English, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Sindhi, Telugu
A Small; Natural Hollow on the Surface of the Body; Happy; Dimples
Boy/Male
Hindu
Means greenery. the lush greenery on the surface of the earth
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic for the son of a vicar or, perhaps in most cases, an occupational name for the servant of a vicar (see Vicker). In many cases it may represent an elliptical form of a topographic name. Compare Parsons.
Surname or Lastname
Jewish (Ashkenazic)
Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name from Yiddish tesler ‘carpenter’. Compare Tesler.German : variant of Teschner.English : from an agent derivative of Old English tǣsel ‘teasel’, hence an occupational name for someone whose job was to brush the surface of newly-woven cloth or to card wood preparatory to spinning, using the dry seed-heads of teasels (a kind of thistle).
Male
Portuguese
Variant spelling of Portuguese Hélder, ÉLDER means "slanting surface."
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Surface of the Earth
Boy/Male
Tamil
Means greenery. the lush greenery on the surface of the earth
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a stone- or bricklayer, from Middle English setter ‘one who lays stones or bricks in building’ (agent derivative of setten ‘to set’).English : occupational name from Old French saietier ‘silk weaver’ (an agent derivative of sayete, a kind of silk).English : from an agent derivative of Middle English setten ‘to place (decoration, on a garment or metal surface)’, probably an occupational name for an embroiderer.German : unexplained.Norwegian : unexplained.
Boy/Male
Australian, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Swiss
Italian Form of Paul; Small; Slanting Surface; Clear
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Douthwaite, a habitational name from Dowthwaite in Cumbria or Dowthwaite Hall in North Yorkshire. The first is from the Old Norse personal name Dúfa + Old Norse þveit ‘clearing’; the second is from the Old Irish personal name Dubhan + Old Norse þveit. The elliptic form of the surname probably reflects the local pronunciation of the place names.
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Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Priceless Victory
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Sikh, Sindhi, Telugu
Honest; Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Tamil
A lighted lamp
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Clear
Boy/Male
Australian, Norse
Father of Ulf
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English, German
From the Hollow in the Valley
Boy/Male
Arthurian Legend
A knight.
Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil
King of Poetry
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a mower or reaper of grass or hay, Old English mǣðere. Compare Mead, Mower. Hay was formerly of great importance, not only as feed for animals in winter but also for bedding.English : in southern Lancashire, where it has long been a common surname, it is probably a relatively late development of Madder (see Mader).English : The prominent Mather family of New England were established in America by Richard Mather (1596–1669) in 1635. He was a Puritan clergyman from a well-established family of Lowton, Lancashire, England. After he emigrated, he was in great demand as a preacher, finally settling in Dorchester, MA. His son Increase Mather (1639–1723) was a diplomat and president of Harvard. He married his step-sister Maria Cotton, herself the daughter of an eminent Puritan divine, John Cotton. Their son Cotton Mather (1663–1728) bore both family names. The latter was a minister who is remembered for his part in witchcraft trials, but he was also a man of science and a fellow of the Royal Society in London.
Male
English
English occupational surname transferred to forename use, CLARK means "clerk; secretary."Â
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n.
An ellipse.
n.
A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped.
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, the mineral mellite.
a.
Broadly elliptical.
a.
Of or pertaining to an ellipse; having the form of an ellipse; oblong, with rounded ends.
n.
A salt of mellitic acid.
pl.
of Ellipsis
n.
The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.
a.
See Mellitic.
n.
The elliptical orbit of a planet.
a.
Containing saccharine matter; marked by saccharine secretions; as, mellitic diabetes.
a.
Having a form intermediate between elliptic and lanceolate.
n.
The twelfth part of the ecliptic or zodiac.
a.
Pertaining to an eclipse or to eclipses.
n.
Omission. See Ellipsis.
a.
Alt. of Elliptical
a.
A great circle of the celestial sphere, making an angle with the equinoctial of about 23¡ 28'. It is the apparent path of the sun, or the real path of the earth as seen from the sun.
a.
A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, making an angle of 23¡ 28' with the equator; -- used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.
a.
Pertaining to the ecliptic; as, the ecliptic way.
a.
Having a part omitted; as, an elliptical phrase.