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Defenition of the word ellipse

    • Defenition of the word ellipse

      • A curved planar figure, the locus of all points which have the same total distance from two fixed points called the foci.
      • a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it; "the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant"
      • a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it

    Synonyms for the word ellipse

      • auslassungspunkte
      • oval

    Hyponyms for the word ellipse

      • circle

    Hypernyms for the word ellipse

      • conic
      • conic section
      • figur
      • satzendzeichen

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