ellipse

From French ellipse. Doublet of ellipsis.

ellipse

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈlɪps/, /iˈlɪps/

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• Rhymes: -ɪps

ellipse (plural ellipses)

1. (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.

• oval (in non-technical use)

• circle-ellipse problem

ellipse (third-person singular simple present ellipses, present participle ellipsing, simple past and past participle ellipsed)

1. (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.

• circle
• conic section
• hyperbola
• parabola

Borrowed from Latin ellīpsis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis).

• IPA^(key): /e.lips/

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ellipse f (plural ellipses)

1. (geometry) ellipse
2. (grammar, rhetoric) ellipsis

• “ellipse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

ellipse

1. ablative singular of ellipsis

From Latin ellipsis, from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis).

ellipse m (definite singular ellipsen, indefinite plural ellipser, definite plural ellipsene)

1. (geometry) an ellipse
2. (grammar, rhetoric, typography) an ellipsis

• superellipse

• “ellipse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin ellipsis, from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis).

ellipse m (definite singular ellipsen, indefinite plural ellipsar, definite plural ellipsane)

1. (geometry) an ellipse
2. (grammar, rhetoric, typography) an ellipsis

• superellipse

• “ellipse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.