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ellipse^¹

/ɪˈlɪps/ UK
/ɪˈlɪps/ Canada, US
/əˈlɪps/ Canada, US
/iˈlɪps/ Canada, US
/əˈlɪps/ Australia
/ɪˈlɪps/ Australia
/əˈləps/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɪps

Where it comes from

From French ellipse. Learned borrowing from Latin ellīpsis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis). Doublet of ellipsis.

noun ellipses

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. Near-synonym: oval (synonymous in non-technical use)
Similar: oval[Appendix:Glossary
alternative Alternative form of ellipsis: the removal from a phrase of a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated.

verb ellipses · ellipsing · ellipsed

To remove from a phrase a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated. In B's response to A's question:- (A: Would you like to go out?, B: I'd love to), the words that are ellipsed are go out.

Ellipse^²

proper noun the Ellipse

A park in Washington, D.C., United States.
Synonym of President's Park South, a 52 acre city park, south of the South Lawn of the White House, between the White House estate and the Washington Monument grounds of the National Mall.
Similar: President's Park South
An elliptical oval grassy field in President's Park South

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noun curve

Español	elipse
한국어	타원 tawon
日本語	楕円 daen
中文	橢圓 /椭圆 tuǒyuán
हिन्दी	दीर्घवृत्त dīrghavŕtt
Português	elipse
Français	ellipse
Deutsch	Ellipse
Italiano	ellisse
Română	elipsă
Русский	э́ллипс éllips
Tiếng Việt	elíp
العربية	إِهْلِيلَج ʔihlīlaj, قَطْعٌ نَاقِص qaṭʕun nāqiṣ
עברית	אֵלִיפְּסָה elípsa

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@misc{ellipse_2026,
  title = {ellipse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ellipse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}