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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.
ellipse From the web:
- what ellipsis mean
- what ellipsis
- what ellipsis is used for
- what ellipse mean
- what ellipsis meaning in math
- what ellipse is a perfect circle
- what ellipse equation
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orbit
English
Alternative forms
- (eye socket) orbita
Etymology
From Middle English orbite, orbita, from Latin orbita (“course, track, impression, mark”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???.b?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???.b?t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)b?t
Noun
orbit (countable and uncountable, plural orbits)
- (astronomy) A circular or elliptical path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
- Hyponyms: Clarke orbit, graveyard orbit, Hohmann transfer orbit, last photon orbit, Lissajous orbit, low Earth orbit, lunar orbit, Lyapunov orbit, Molniya orbit, osculating orbit, parking orbit, subsynchronous orbit, synchronous orbit
- One complete circuit round an orbited body.
- (uncountable) The state of moving in an orbit.
- (physics) The path of an electron around an atomic nucleus.
- (pinball) A path for the ball on the outer edge of the playfield, usually connected so that the ball entering in one end will come out of the other.
- A sphere of influence; an area or extent of activity, interest, or control.
- (anatomy) The bony cavity in the skull of a vertebrate containing the eyeball.
- Synonyms: eye socket, cranial orbit
- (zoology) The area around the eye of a bird or other animal.
- (mathematics) A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.
- (geometry, group theory) The subset of elements of a set X to which a given element can be moved by members of a specified group of transformations that act on X.
- (informal) A state of increased excitement, activity, or anger.
Usage notes
When referring to astronomical orbits, "in orbit" and "on orbit" have somewhat different meanings. In general, a body is said to be "in orbit" if it is in freefall going around another body; while something happens "on orbit" if it occurs aboard an orbiting spacecraft. Thus one might say, "The space capsule is in orbit, and the astronauts inside are performing experiments on orbit."
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
orbit (third-person singular simple present orbits, present participle orbiting, simple past and past participle orbited)
- (astronomy) To circle or revolve around another object.
- To place an object (e.g. a satellite) into an orbit around a planet.
- Synonym: launch
- To place an object (e.g. a satellite) into an orbit around a planet.
- To move around the general vicinity of something.
- Synonyms: circumambulate, tag along
- To move in a circle.
- (transitive) To center (around).
- (transitive, dating) To continue to follow and/or engage with someone via social media after breaking up with them.
Antonyms
- deorbit
Translations
References
- “orbit”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “orbit”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
See also
- satellite
Anagrams
- tribo-
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [or?bit]
Verb
orbit
- past participle of orbi
orbit From the web:
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- what orbits the earth
- what orbits the nucleus
- what orbits around the nucleus of an atom
- what orbits between mars and jupiter
- what orbits the nucleus of an atom
- what orbits around the sun
- what orbits a planet
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