ellipse
English edit
Etymology edit
From French ellipse. Doublet of ellipsis.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈlɪps/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ɪˈlɪps/, /əˈlɪps/, /iˈlɪps/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /əˈlɪps/, /ɪˈlɪps/
- Rhymes: -ɪps
Noun edit
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 edit
- oval (in non-technical use)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
curve
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Verb edit
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 edit
See also edit
Danish edit
Noun edit
ellipse c (singular definite ellipsen, plural indefinite ellipser)
Inflection edit
Declension of ellipse
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ellipse | ellipsen | ellipser | ellipserne |
genitive | ellipses | ellipsens | ellipsers | ellipsernes |
Further reading edit
- “ellipse” in Den Danske Ordbog
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin ellīpsis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ellipse f (plural ellipses)
Further reading edit
- “ellipse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Noun edit
ellipse
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Latin ellipsis, from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis).
Noun edit
ellipse m (definite singular ellipsen, indefinite plural ellipser, definite plural ellipsene)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “ellipse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Latin ellipsis, from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis).
Noun edit
ellipse m (definite singular ellipsen, indefinite plural ellipsar, definite plural ellipsane)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “ellipse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.