Ellipse :: Ellipse (n.) 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..

Ellipse :: Ellipse (n.) Omission. See Ellipsis.

Ellipse :: Ellipse (n.) The elliptical orbit of a planet.

Ellipses :: Ellipses (pl. ) of Ellipsi.

Ellipsis :: Ellipsis (n.) Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, which are obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire, for, the virtues which I admire..

Ellipsis :: Ellipsis (n.) An ellipse.

Ellipsograph :: Ellipsograph (n.) An instrument for describing ellipses; -- called also trammel.

Ellipsoid :: Ellipsoid (n.) A solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. See Conoid, n., 2 (a)..

Ellipsoid :: Ellipsoid (a.) Alt. of Ellipsoida.

Ellipsoidal :: Ellipsoidal (a.) Pertaining to, or shaped like, an ellipsoid; as, ellipsoid or ellipsoidal form..

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