Synonyms for ellipse
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ih-lips |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlɪps |
Top 10 synonyms for ellipse Other synonyms for the word ellipse
- bend
- bight
- bow
- camber
- catenary
- chord
- circle
- circuit
- circumference
- circumgyration
- compass
- concavity
- course
- crook
- curlicue
- curvation
- curvature
- curve
- cycle
- ellipse
- festoon
- flexure
- hairpin
- half-moon
- helix
- horseshoe
- hyperbola
- incurvation
- incurvature
- lap
- locus
- meniscus
- ogee
- parabola
- perigee
- quirk
- rondure
- round
- sinuosity
- sweep
- swerve
- track
- turn
- vault
- whorl
Définition of ellipse
Origin :- 1753, from French ellipse (17c.), from Latin ellipsis "ellipse," also, "a falling short, deficit," from Greek elleipsis (see ellipsis). So called because the conic section of the cutting plane makes a smaller angle with the base than does the side of the cone, hence, a "falling short." First applied by Apollonius of Perga (3c. B.C.E.).
- As in orbit : noun circuit, revolution
- As in curve : noun arched, rounded line or object
- These marks will then represent the diameter of the ellipse across its major axis.
- Extract from : « Practical Mechanics for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe
- It is not allowed to move exactly in an ellipse, nor is the earth exactly in the focus.
- Extract from : « Great Astronomers » by R. S. Ball
- Now it is remarkable that this apparent path is still an ellipse.
- Extract from : « Great Astronomers » by R. S. Ball
- These points are your centers for scribing the long sides of the ellipse.
- Extract from : « Carpentry for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe
- The other two being intersected at an angle, will each be an ellipse.
- Extract from : « The Theory and Practice of Perspective » by George Adolphus Storey
- Is the orbit that of an ellipse, or a circle, or a parabola?
- Extract from : « Aether and Gravitation » by William George Hooper
- The earth's orbit is an ellipse, one of the foci of which is occupied by the sun.
- Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
- Man forms the idea of an ellipse, and ascertains the laws of ellipses.
- Extract from : « Christianity As A Mystical Fact » by Rudolf Steiner
- The ellipse described by the planet is consequently not invariable.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Heavens » by Robert Stawell Ball
- From the observations of the planet the ellipse in which it moves can be ascertained.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Heavens » by Robert Stawell Ball
Antonyms for ellipse
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