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ellipse

noun
/ɪˈlɪps/UK/ɪˈlɪps/CA/əˈlɪps/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from ἔλλειψις
  2. learned borrowing from ellīpsis
  3. borrowed from ellipse

Definitions

  1. A closed curve, the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point…

    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)

  2. Alternative form of ellipsis

    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.

  3. To remove from a phrase a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly…

    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.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A park in Washington, D.C., United States.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at ellipse. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at ellipse. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at ellipse

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA