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Толковый словарь английского языка - ellipse

 
 

Ellipse

ellipse
noun Etymology: Greek elleipsis Date: circa 1753 1. oval, a closed plane curve generated by a point moving in such a way that the sums of its distances from two fixed points is a constant ; a plane section of a right circular cone that is a closed curve, ellipsis
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  n. a regular oval, traced by a point moving in a plane so that the sum of its distances from two other points is constant, or resulting when a cone is cut by a plane which does not intersect the base and makes a smaller angle with the base than the side of the cone makes (cf. HYPERBOLA). Etymology: F f. L ellipsus f. Gk elleipsis f. elleipo come short f. en in + leipo leave ELLIPSIS n. (also ellipse) (pl. ellipses) 1 the omission from a sentence of words needed to complete the construction or sense. 2 the omission of a sentence at the end of a paragraph. 3 a set of three dots etc. indicating an omission. ...
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