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1Ellipse — Elliptical redirects here. For the exercise machine, see Elliptical trainer. This article is about the geometric figure. For other uses, see Ellipse (disambiguation). Not to be confused with ellipsis. An ellipse obtained as the intersection of a… …
2ellipse — 1. noun 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 …
3ellipse — el|lipse [ıˈlıps] n [Date: 1700 1800; : French; Origin: Latin ellipsis; ELLIPSIS] a curved shape like a circle, but with two slightly longer and flatter sides →↑oval …
4ellipse — el·lipse || ɪ lɪps n. oval, elongated circle, egg like shape …
5ellipse — noun (C) a curved shape like a circle, but with two slightly longer and flatter sides …
6Circle-ellipse problem — The circle ellipse problem in software development (sometimes known as the square rectangle problem) illustrates a number of pitfalls which can arise when using subtype polymorphism in object modelling. The issues are most commonly encountered… …
7MacAdam ellipse — In the study of color vision, MacAdam ellipses refer to the region on a chromaticity diagram which contains all colors which are indistinguishable, to the average human eye, from the color at the center of the ellipse. The contour of the ellipse… …
8ellipsoid — 1. noun a) a surface, all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular (includes the sphere) Here the geoid is thirty meters below the ellipsoid. b) Such a surface used as a model of the shape of the …
9elliptic — a.; (also elliptical) 1. Oval, oblong rounded. 2. Relating or belonging to the ellipse, like an ellipse. 3. Defective, incomplete, containing omissions …
10el|lip|ti|cal — «ih LIHP tuh kuhl», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. shaped like an ellipse; of an ellipse. 2. of or showing ellipsis; having a word or words omitted: »If he is sometimes elliptical and obscure, it is because he has so much to tell us (Edmund Wilson).… …
