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ellipse 音标拼音: [ɪl'ɪps] n. 椭圆形,椭圆,
n. 椭圆 椭圆形,椭圆,椭圆 ellipse 椭图形 ellipse n 1: 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" [synonym: {ellipse}, {oval}] Ellipse \El*lipse"\ ([e^]l*l[i^]ps"), n. [Gr. 'e`lleipsis, prop., a defect, the inclination of the ellipse to the base of the cone being in defect when compared with that of the side to the base: cf. F. ellipse. See {Ellipsis}.] 1. (Geom.) An oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an oblique section of a cone through its opposite sides. The greatest diameter of the ellipse is the major axis, and the least diameter is the minor axis. See {Conic section}, under {Conic}, and cf. {Focus}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Gram.) Omission. See {Ellipsis}. [1913 Webster] 3. The elliptical orbit of a planet. [1913 Webster] The Sun flies forward to his brother Sun; The dark Earth follows wheeled in her ellipse. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 21 Moby Thesaurus words for "ellipse":
arc, bow, catacaustic, catenary, caustic, circle, conchoid, crook, curl, curve, diacaustic, festoon, hook, hyperbola, lituus, oval, ovoid, ovule, parabola, sinus, tracery
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