"ellipse" meaning in English

See ellipse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɪˈlɪps/ [UK], /ɪˈlɪps/ [US], /əˈlɪps/ [US], /iˈlɪps/ [US], /əˈlɪps/ [General-Australian], /ɪˈlɪps/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ellipse.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ellipses [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪps Etymology: From French ellipse. Doublet of ellipsis. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|ellipse}} French ellipse, {{doublet|en|ellipsis}} Doublet of ellipsis Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Curves, Geometry, Shapes Synonyms: oval (english: in non-technical use) Derived forms: circle-ellipse problem Translations (curve): إِهْلِيلَج (ʔihlīlaj) [masculine] (Arabic), قَطْعٌ نَاقِص (qaṭʕun nāqiṣ) [masculine] (Arabic), էլիպս (ēlips) (Armenian), э́ліпс (élips) [masculine] (Belarusian), উপবৃত্ত (upobritto) (Bengali), елипса (elipsa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), el·lipse [feminine] (Catalan), 橢圓 (Chinese Mandarin), 椭圆 (tuǒyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), elipsa [feminine] (Czech), ellipse [common-gender] (Danish), ellips (Dutch), elipso (Esperanto), ellips (Estonian), eggklingra [feminine] (Faroese), ellipsa [feminine] (Faroese), ellipsi (Finnish), ellipse [feminine] (French), ელიფსი (elipsi) (Georgian), Ellipse [feminine] (German), אֵלִיפְּסָה (elípsa) [feminine] (Hebrew), दीर्घवृत्त (dīrghavŕtt) (Hindi), ellipszis (Hungarian), sporbaugur [masculine] (Icelandic), ellipse (Interlingua), éilips [masculine] (Irish), ellisse [feminine] (Italian), 楕円 (daen) (alt: だえん) (Japanese), ದೀರ್ಘವೃತ್ತ (dīrghavṛtta) (Kannada), អេលីប (ʼeeliip) (Khmer), 타원 (tawon) (Korean), elipse [feminine] (Latvian), pororapa (Maori), эллипс (ellips) (Mongolian), зууван (zuuvan) (Mongolian), heeneezgo názbąs (Navajo), ellipse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ellipse [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), بیضی (bizi) (Persian), خایهدیس (xâye-dis) (Persian), elipsa [feminine] (Polish), elipse [feminine] (Portuguese), elipsă [feminine] (Romanian), э́ллипс (éllips) (Russian), елипса [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), elipsa [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), denderende (Shona), elipsa [feminine] (Slovak), elipsa [feminine] (Slovene), pakrog [masculine] (Slovene), elipse [feminine] (Spanish), ellips [common-gender] (Swedish), tambilugan (Tagalog), duyog (Tagalog), நீள்வட்டம் (nīḷvaṭṭam) (Tamil), วงรี (wong-rii) (Thai), elips (Turkish), е́ліпс (élips) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ellips (Uzbek), elíp (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-ellipse-en-noun-ESiYJCiB Disambiguation of Shapes: 75 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 73 27 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

Verb

IPA: /ɪˈlɪps/ [UK], /ɪˈlɪps/ [US], /əˈlɪps/ [US], /iˈlɪps/ [US], /əˈlɪps/ [General-Australian], /ɪˈlɪps/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ellipse.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ellipses [present, singular, third-person], ellipsing [participle, present], ellipsed [participle, past], ellipsed [past]
Rhymes: -ɪps Etymology: From French ellipse. Doublet of ellipsis. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|ellipse}} French ellipse, {{doublet|en|ellipsis}} Doublet of ellipsis Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Grammar Related terms: ellipsis, ellipsoid, elliptic, elliptical, circle, conic section, hyperbola, parabola
    Sense id: en-ellipse-en-verb-LFb68L85 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "橢圓"
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      "word": "椭圆"
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      "code": "it",
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ellipse.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ellipse.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ellipse.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ellipse.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
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      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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