elliptic curve

Etymology
So called because it is the locus of an elliptic function.

Noun

 * 1)  The algebraic set of an equation which equates the square of one variable to a reduced cubic polynomial in another variable, over some field, and such that the discriminant of the reduced cubic is non-zero.

Translations

 * Dutch: elliptische kromme
 * Finnish: elliptinen käyrä
 * French:
 * German: elliptische Kurve
 * Icelandic: sporger ferill
 * Italian: curva ellittica
 * Japanese: 楕円曲線
 * Portuguese: curva elíptica
 * Russian: эллипти́ческая крива́я
 * Spanish: curva elíptica