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Ellipse (Noun)

Meaning

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".

Classification

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes.

Examples

  • The equation of an ellipse is often written in the form (x^2/a^2) + (y^2/b^2) = 1.
  • An ellipse has two foci whose sum of distances to any point on the curve is always the same.
  • In astronomy, the orbits of the planets are approximately ellipses with the Sun at one of the foci.
  • The artist used a technique involving ellipses to create the illusion of three-dimensional perspective on a flat canvas.
  • In mathematics, an ellipse is defined as the set of all points in a plane such that the sum of the distances from two fixed points is constant.

Synonyms

  • Oval

Hypernyms

  • Conic

Related Words

  • Elliptic (adjective)
  • Elliptical (adjective)
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