hyperelliptic
adjective
hyperelliptic is an adjective meaning “Describing an extension of elliptic functions to complex numbers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-Y-P-E-R-E-L-L-I-P-T-I-C, and it appears about once in every 79 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does hyperelliptic mean?
adjective
- 1
Describing an extension of elliptic functions to complex numbers.
- 2
Pertaining to a hyperellipse.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of hyperelliptic
- more hyperelliptic comparative
- most hyperelliptic superlative
- hyperelliptical
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hyperelliptic?
Hyperelliptic appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Hyperelliptic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pertaining to a hyperellipse:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | hyperelliptisch |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hyperelliptic come from?
From hyper- + elliptic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).