ellipse

Meanings

• noun

  A plane figure in the shape of a closed curve, with all points on its perimeter at a constant distance from a fixed point in the plane.

  - "The planets orbit the sun in elliptical paths."
  - "The ellipse is a conic section."
  - "An ellipse can be described by its major and minor axes."

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Synonyms

oval

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with ellipse
compels , relapses , apples , mables

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Variants

List of all variants of ellipse that leads to same result
ellipse , ellipses

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Etymology

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From the Greek word ellette, meaning 'to throw out', due to the shape's resemblance to an object that has been thrown out of an orbit.

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Trivia

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1. An ellipse can be transformed into a circle by making its major and minor axes equal.

2. The eccentricity of an ellipse, a measure of how much it deviates from a perfect circle, can range from 0 to 1.

3. The term 'ellipse' can also be used to describe the shape of an elliptical galaxy.

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Related Concepts

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1. conic sections: The ellipse is one of the four basic types of conic sections, along with the parabola, hyperbola, and circle.

2. axes: The major and minor axes of an ellipse are its longest and shortest diameters, respectively.

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Culture

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The ellipse has been used extensively in mathematics, physics, and astronomy to describe the shapes of various orbits and trajectories. It has also appeared in art, particularly in the works of M.C. Escher.

How to Memorize "ellipse"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine an egg being squeezed from both ends. The shape that forms is an ellipse.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'ellipse' with the shape of a football or an oval.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember that 'ellipse' starts with the letter 'e', as in 'egg' or 'oval'.

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