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Ellipse

see synonyms of ellipse

Noun

1. ellipse, oval

a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it

Example Sentences:
'the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ellipse

see synonyms of ellipse
noun
a closed conic section shaped like a flattened circle and formed by an inclined plane that does not cut the base of the cone. Standard equation x2/a2 + y2/b2 = 1, where 2a and 2b are the lengths of the major and minor axes. Area: πab

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Ellipse

see synonyms of ellipse
nounWord forms: plural elˈlipˌses (ɛˈlɪpˌsiz ; elipˈsēzˌ; ɪˈlɪpˌsiz ; ilipˈsēzˌ)
Geometry
the path of a point that moves so that the sum of its distances from two fixed points, the foci, is constant; closed curve formed by the section of a cone cut by a plane less steeply inclined than the side of the cone

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ellipse

see synonyms of ellipse
n.
1. A plane curve, especially:
a. A conic section whose plane is not parallel to the axis, base, or generatrix of the intersected cone.
b. The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal.
2. Ellipsis.

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