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Webster 1913 Edition
Ellipse
El-lipse′
(ĕl-lĭps′)
, Noun.
[Gr.
ἔλλειψις
, prop., a defect, the inclination of the ellipse to the base of the cone being in defect when compared with that of the side to the base: cf. F. ellipse
. See Ellipsis
.] 1.
(Geom.)
An oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an oblique section of a cone through its opposite sides. The greatest diameter of the ellipse is the major axis, and the least diameter is the minor axis. See
Conic section
, under Conic
, and cf. Focus
. 3.
The elliptical orbit of a planet.
The Sun flies forward to his brother Sun;
The dark Earth follows wheeled in her
The dark Earth follows wheeled in her
ellipse
. Tennyson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ellipse
ELLIPSE
,Noun.
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See also: Ellipse
English
Noun
ellipse (plural ellipses)
- (geometry) A closed curve, the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point to two other fixed points (called the foci of the ellipse) is constant; equivalently, the conic section that is the intersection of a cone with a plane that does not intersect the base of the cone.
Synonyms
- oval (in non-technical use)
Translations
curve
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Verb
ellipse (third-person singular simple present ellipses, present participle ellipsing, simple past and past participle ellipsed)
- (grammar) To remove from a phrase a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated.
- In B's response to A's question:- (A: Would you like to go out?, B: I'd love to), the words that are ellipsed are go out.