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semiellipse

noun

Etymology

From semi- + ellipse.

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

Definitions

  1. A half ellipse.

The neighborhood

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