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The meaning of Ellipses

Ellipses – definition

noun

A regular oval shape, traced by a point moving in a plane so that the sum of its distances from two other points (the foci) is constant, or resulting when a cone is cut by an oblique plane which does not intersect the base.

noun

The omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues.

Usage examples:

It is very rare for an ellipsis to occur without a linguistic antecedent

Plural of ellipsis specialized

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Word origin

mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek elleipsis, from elleipein ‘leave out’.

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Ellipses – similar words

ellipse

noun

A regular oval shape, traced by a point moving in a plane so that the sum of its distances from two other points (the foci) is constant, or resulting when a cone is cut by an oblique plane which does not intersect the base.

Usage examples:

For example he shows how to deform a circle into an ellipse and proves other results on deforming c…
noun

A curve in the shape of an oval

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