| ELLIPSE | • ellipse n. (Geometry) A closed curve, the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point to… • ellipse v. (Grammar) To remove from a phrase a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood… • Ellipse prop.n. A park in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. |
| ELLIPSES | • ellipses n. Plural of ellipse. • ellipses n. Plural of ellipsis. • ELLIPSE n. a type of plane curve. |
| ELLIPSIS | • ellipsis n. (Typography, mathematics) A mark consisting of (in English) three periods, historically or more formally… • ellipsis n. (Grammar, rhetoric) The omission of a word or phrase that can be inferred from the context. • ellipsis n. (Film) The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot. |
| ELLIPSOGRAPH | • ellipsograph n. A mechanical instrument used to trace out an ellipse. • ELLIPSOGRAPH n. an instrument for describing ellipses. |
| ELLIPSOGRAPHS | • ellipsographs n. Plural of ellipsograph. • ELLIPSOGRAPH n. an instrument for describing ellipses. |
| ELLIPSOID | • ellipsoid n. (Mathematics, geometry) A surface, all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular (including the… • ellipsoid n. (Geography) Such a surface used as a model of the shape of the earth. • ellipsoid adj. Shaped like an ellipse; elliptical. |
| ELLIPSOIDAL | • ellipsoidal adj. Alternative form of ellipsoid. • ellipsoidal adj. (Mathematics) Of or pertaining to an ellipsoid. • ELLIPSOIDAL adj. having the shape of an ellipse. |
| ELLIPSOIDS | • ellipsoids n. Plural of ellipsoid. • ELLIPSOID n. a solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. |
| ELLIPTIC | • elliptic adj. (Geometry) Of or pertaining to an ellipse. • elliptic adj. (Mathematics) Of or pertaining to a broad field of mathematics that originates from the problem of calculating… • elliptic adj. (Mathematics, in combination, of certain functions, equations and operators) That has coefficients satisfying… |
| ELLIPTICAL | • elliptical adj. In a shape of, or reminding of, an ellipse; oval. • elliptical adj. Of, or showing ellipsis; having a word or words omitted. • elliptical adj. (Of speech) Concise, condensed. |
| ELLIPTICALLY | • elliptically adv. In the form of an ellipse. • elliptically adv. Using ellipsis. • ELLIPTICAL adv. having the shape of an ellipse, also ELLIPTIC. |
| ELLIPTICALNESS | • ellipticalness n. Quality of being elliptical. • ELLIPTICAL n. having the shape of an ellipse, also ELLIPTIC. |
| ELLIPTICALS | • ellipticals n. Plural of elliptical. • ELLIPTICAL n. an ellipse. |
| ELLIPTICITIES | • ellipticities n. Plural of ellipticity. • ELLIPTICITY n. the state of being an ellipse. |
| ELLIPTICITY | • ellipticity n. (Uncountable) The condition of being elliptical (flattened from perfect circular or spherical form). • ellipticity n. (Countable, mathematics) A measure of this flattening that is a function of the ellipse’s equatorial… • ELLIPTICITY n. the state of being an ellipse. |