different between ellipse vs elliptic

English

Etymology

From French ellipse. Doublet of ellipsis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?ps/, /i?l?ps/

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• oval (in non-technical use)

Translations

Verb

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.

Related terms

See also

• circle
• conic section
• hyperbola
• parabola

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ell?psis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ???????? (élleipsis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.lips/

Noun

ellipse f (plural ellipses)

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

Further reading

• “ellipse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Noun

ellipse

1. ablative singular of ellipsis

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ellipsis, from Ancient Greek ???????? (élleipsis)

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

• superellipse

References

• “ellipse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin ellipsis, from Ancient Greek ???????? (élleipsis)

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

• superellipse

References

• “ellipse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????????? (elleiptikós), from ??????? (elleíp?, “I leave out, omit”).

Adjective

elliptic (not comparable)

1. (geometry) Of or pertaining to an ellipse.
   • 1995, Patrick J. Roache, Elliptic Marching Methods and Domain Decomposition, page 1,

     In this chapter, the history of solving elliptic problems by direct marching methods is reviewed.

2. (mathematics) Of or pertaining to a broad field of mathematics that originates from the problem of calculating arc lengths of an ellipse.

3. (mathematics, in combination, of certain functions, equations and operators) That has coefficients satisfying a condition analogous to the condition for the general equation for a conic section to be of an ellipse.

4. (botany, of leaves) Oval, with a short or no point.

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to an ellipse): elliptical

Coordinate terms

• (whose coefficients satisfy a condition): hyperbolic, parabolic

Derived terms

Related terms

• elliptical
• elliptically

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