Meaning & use
ellipse
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A regular, oval-shaped curve resembling a flattened circle, formed when a plane cuts through a cone at an angle.
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The planets orbit the sun in an ellipse, not a perfect circle.
The architect designed the room as an ellipse to improve the acoustics.
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Not to be confused with "ellipsis," the punctuation mark of three dots, which sounds similar but is unrelated.
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