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10 Language-to-English DictionariesEllipse
Pronunciation / Transliteration: eˈlɪpsə
"Die Erde bewegt sich auf einer Ellipse um die Sonne."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
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 from the oblique section of a cone.
"The planets orbit the sun in an ellipse rather than a perfect circle." - 2
In grammar and linguistics, the omission from a sentence or utterance of one or more words that would be superfluous or able to be understood from the context.
"The dialogue relied on frequent ellipsis to convey the quick, clipped nature of their conversation."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the ancient Greek elleipsis, meaning 'falling short' or 'deficiency', based on the verb elleipein. The term was adopted into mathematical geometry by Apollonius of Perga because the slope of the cutting plane relative to the cone's base falls short of completing a parallel section.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Ellipse" is said worldwide
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ellipse
Transliteration: elips
"Les planètes décrivent une orbite en forme d'ellipse."
Ellipse
Transliteration: eˈlɪpsə
"Die Erde bewegt sich auf einer Ellipse um die Sonne."
ellisse
Transliteration: elˈlisse
"L'orbita della Terra attorno al sole è un'ellisse."
elipse
Transliteration: eˈlipse
"La Tierra gira alrededor del sol en una órbita que es una elipse."
elipse
Transliteration: eˈlipsi
"A órbita da Terra ao redor do sol é uma elipse."
दीρत
Transliteration: dirghavritta
Script: दीर्घवृत्त
"पृथ्वी सूर्य के चारों ओर एक दीर्घवृत्त में चक्कर लगाती है।"
椭圆
Transliteration: tuǒyuán
"地球绕太阳运行的轨道是一个椭圆。"
타원
Transliteration: tawon
"행성들은 태양 주위를 타원형 궤도로 공전합니다."
楕円
Transliteration: daen
"地球は太陽の周りを楕円軌道で回っています。"
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