ellipse

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From French ellipse. Doublet of ellipsis.

ellipse

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Noun[edit]

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.

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  • oval (in non-technical use)

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Verb[edit]

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.

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin ellīpsis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis).

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Noun[edit]

ellipse f (plural ellipses)

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

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Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

ellipse

  1. ablative singular of ellipsis

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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 ellipse (retorikk) on Norwegian Wikipedia
 ellipse (skrift) on Norwegian Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

From Latin ellipsis, from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis).

Noun[edit]

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

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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 typografisk ellipse on Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

From Latin ellipsis, from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis).

Noun[edit]

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

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

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