Definitions from Wiktionary (Ellipse)
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (grammar) The removal from a phrase of a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated.
▸ verb: (grammar) To remove from a phrase a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated.
▸ noun: A park in Washington, District of Columbia, United States
▸ noun: Synonym of President's Park South, a 52 acre city park, south of the South Lawn of the White House, between the White House estate and the Washington Monument grounds of the National Mall.
▸ noun: An elliptical oval grassy field in President's Park South
polarization ellipse,
parallactic ellipse,
MacAdam ellipse,
The Ellipse,
an ellipse has two,
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▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (grammar) The removal from a phrase of a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated.
▸ verb: (grammar) To remove from a phrase a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated.
▸ noun: A park in Washington, District of Columbia, United States
▸ noun: Synonym of President's Park South, a 52 acre city park, south of the South Lawn of the White House, between the White House estate and the Washington Monument grounds of the National Mall.
▸ noun: An elliptical oval grassy field in President's Park South
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oval,
superellipse,
hyperellipse,
Cassini oval,
ellipsoid,
parabola,
envelope,
epicycloid,
elliptoid,
elliptic,
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