el·lipse ( -lps )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. [French, from Latin ell  psis, from Greek elleipsis, a falling short, ellipse, from elleipein, to fall short (from the relationship between the line joining the vertices of a conic and the line through the focus and parallel to the directrix of a conic) : en-, in; see en-2 + leipein, to leave; see leikw- in Indo-European roots.] |   The line running through the foci (F and F1) of an ellipse is the major axis. The vertices (V and V1) mark where the major axis intersects the ellipse. The midpoint between the vertices is the center; the line that runs vertically through the center is the minor axis. |
ellipse
Noun
an oval shape resembling a flattened circle
| ellipse (-lps) A closed, symmetric curve shaped like an oval, which can be formed by intersecting a cone with a plane that is not parallel or perpendicular to the cone's base. The sum of the distances of any point on an ellipse from two fixed points (called the foci) remains constant no matter where the point is on the curve. |
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| Noun | 1. |  ellipse - a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it; "the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant"conic, conic section - (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone circle - ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point; "he calculated the circumference of the circle" |
Translations
n ellipse [iˈlips]
a geometrical figure that is a regular oval. ellips قَطْع ناقِص، إهْليلَجي елипса elipsa ellipse die Ellipse έλλειψη elipse ellips بیضی ellipsi ellipse אֶלִיפסָה अण्डाकार आकृति elipsa ellipszis elips sporbaugur ellisse 楕円 타원(형) elipsė elipse elips ellips ellipse elipsa elipse elipsă эллипс elipsa elipsa elipsa ellips รูปวงรี elips 橢圓 еліпс; овал بیضوی شکل elip 椭圆
adj elˈliptical
eklipties, ovaal إهْليلَجي، بَيْضي، شَبيه بالقَطْع النّاقِص елипсовиден eliptický elliptisk; ellipseformet elliptisch ελλειπτικός elíptico elliptiline بیضی شکل elliptinen elliptique אֶלִיפטִי अण्डाकार eliptični elliptikus bentuk elips sporöskjulaga ellittico 楕円形の 타원(형)의 eliptinis eliptisks berbentuk elips elliptisch ellipseformet, elliptisk eliptyczny elíptico eliptic эллиптический eliptický eliptičen elipsast elliptisk เป็นวงรี elips biçiminde 橢圓的 еліптичний بیضوی شکل سے متعلق có hình hình elip 椭圆的
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