ellipse

Etymology

From French ellipse. Doublet of ellipsis.

ellipse (1)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈlɪps/, /iˈlɪps/

Noun

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.

Verb

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.

Related terms

• ellipsis
• ellipsoid
• elliptic
• elliptical

See also

• circle
• conic section
• hyperbola
• parabola

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.lips/

Noun

ellipse f (plural ellipses)

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

Further reading

• “ellipse” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Noun

ellipse

1. ablative singular of ellipsis

Etymology

From Latin ellipsis, from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis)

Noun

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

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

References

• “ellipse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Latin ellipsis, from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis)

Noun

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

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

References

• “ellipse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.