Vocabulary : Ellipse to Ellipticity

Ellipse : An oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an oblique section of a cone through its opposite sides. The greatest diameter of the ellipse is the major axis, and the least diameter is the minor axis. See Conic section, under Conic, and cf. Focus. ;; Omission. See Ellipsis. ;; The elliptical orbit of a planet.
Ellipses : of Ellipsis
Ellipsis : Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, which are obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire, for, the virtues which I admire. ;; An ellipse.
Ellipsograph : An instrument for describing ellipses; -- called also trammel.
Ellipsoid : A solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. See Conoid, n., 2 (a). ;; Alt. of Ellipsoidal

Ellipsoidal : Pertaining to, or shaped like, an ellipsoid; as, ellipsoid or ellipsoidal form.
Elliptic : Alt. of Elliptical
Elliptical : Of or pertaining to an ellipse; having the form of an ellipse; oblong, with rounded ends. ;; Having a part omitted; as, an elliptical phrase.
Elliptically : In the form of an ellipse. ;; With a part omitted; as, elliptically expressed.
Ellipticity : Deviation of an ellipse or a spheroid from the form of a circle or a sphere; especially, in reference to the figure of the earth, the difference between the equatorial and polar semidiameters, divided by the equatorial; thus, the ellipticity of the earth is /.

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