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ellipse
English
Etymology
From French ellipse. Doublet of ellipsis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l?ps/, /i?l?ps/
Noun
ellipse (plural ellipses)
- (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)
- (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)
- (geometry) ellipse
- (grammar, rhetoric) ellipsis
Further reading
- “ellipse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Noun
ellipse
- 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)
- (geometry) an ellipse
- (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)
- (geometry) an ellipse
- (grammar, rhetoric, typography) an ellipsis
Derived terms
- superellipse
References
- “ellipse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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oblongum
English
Noun
oblongum (plural oblonga)
- (geometry, archaic) A prolate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its greater axis.
Latin
Adjective
oblongum
- nominative neuter singular of oblongus
- accusative masculine singular of oblongus
- accusative neuter singular of oblongus
- vocative neuter singular of oblongus
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