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ellipse

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Noun

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

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "ellipse":
elfish elvish ellipse ellipsis elops elvis elapse
Words contain "ellipse" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
kepler's first law semimajor axis ellipse ovolo quarter round major axis minor axis semiminor axis elliptic leaf ellipsoid of revolution more...

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