What is the meaning of Ellipse?

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.

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ellipse

ellipsis

ellipse

ellipsis

ablative singular of ellipsis

an ellipse

an ellipsis

an ellipse

an ellipsis

Source: wiktionary.org