Elliptical vs. Ellipse

Ellipticaladjective

In a shape of, or reminding of, an ellipse; oval.

Ellipticaladjective

Of, or showing ellipsis; having a word or words omitted.

Ellipticaladjective

(of speech) Concise, condensed.

Ellipticaladjective

Elliptic.

Ellipticalnoun

(astronomy) An elliptical galaxy

Ellipticalnoun

An elliptical trainer

Ellipticaladjective

containing or characterized by ellipsis;

Ellipticaladjective

rounded like an egg

Ellipticaladjective

characterized by extreme economy of expression or omission of superfluous elements;

Ellipsenoun

(geometry) 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.

Ellipseverb

(grammar) To remove from a phrase a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated.

Ellipsenoun

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.

Ellipsenoun

Omission. See Ellipsis.

Ellipsenoun

The elliptical orbit of a planet.

Ellipsenoun

a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it;

Ellipse

In mathematics, an ellipse is a plane curve surrounding two focal points, such that for all points on the curve, the sum of the two distances to the focal points is a constant. As such, it generalizes a circle, which is the special type of ellipse in which the two focal points are the same.