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hemiellipse

noun

Etymology

From hemi- + ellipse.

  1. derived from ἔλλειψις
  2. learned borrowing from ellīpsis
  3. borrowed from ellipse
  4. prefixed as hemiellipse — “hemi + ellipse”

Definitions

  1. A shape obtained by cutting an ellipse in half along one of its axes

The neighborhood

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