ellipse

== English == === Etymology === From French ellipse. Learned borrowing from Latin ellīpsis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis). Doublet of ellipsis. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈlɪps/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ɪˈlɪps/, /əˈlɪps/, /iˈlɪps/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /əˈlɪps/, /ɪˈlɪps/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /əˈləps/ Rhymes: -ɪps === 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. Hypernyms: conic section, shape Coordinate terms: (fellow conic sections) circle, parabola, hyperbola Near-synonym: oval (synonymous in non-technical use) (grammar) Alternative form of ellipsis: the removal from a phrase of a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== 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 == Danish == === Noun === ellipse c (singular definite ellipsen, plural indefinite ellipser) (geometry) ellipse (grammar, rhetoric, typography) ellipsis ==== Inflection ==== === Further reading === “ellipse” in Den Danske Ordbog == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin ellīpsis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.lips/ === Noun === ellipse f (plural ellipses) (geometry) ellipse (the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point to two other fixed points 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) (grammar, rhetoric) ellipsis (the removal from a phrase of a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated) ==== Related terms ==== elliptique === Further reading === “ellipse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Noun === ellipse ablative singular of ellipsis == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Latin ellipsis, from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (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 ἔλλειψις (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.