Ellipse

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A plane curve, especially:
  • n. A conic section whose plane is not parallel to the axis, base, or generatrix of the intersected cone.
  • n. The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal.
  • n. Ellipsis.
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  • n. 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.
  • v. To remove from a phrase a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • n. Omission. See Ellipsis.
  • n. The elliptical orbit of a planet.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In geometry, a plane curve such that the sums of the distances of each point in its periphery from two fixed points, the foci, are equal.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    conic section    conic   
    Variant
    conic    focus    ellipsis   
    Hyponym
    circle   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    oval   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Crips    Flips    Scripps    blips    chips   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ellipsis    hyperbola    semicircle    parallelogram    rectangle   
     
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