ellipse in Spanish
ellipse in Spanish is elipse — ellipse means a closed curve shaped like a flattened circle, made up of every point whose distances to two fixed points add up to the same total.
ellipse in Spanish
elipse
(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.
What does "ellipse" mean?
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noun A closed curve shaped like a flattened circle, made up of every point whose distances to two fixed points add up to the same total.
"The planets travel around the sun in an ellipse, not a perfect circle."
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ellipse in a sentence
- The planets travel around the sun in an ellipse, not a perfect circle.
- She drew an ellipse using two pins and a loop of string.
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What is "ellipse" in Spanish?
"ellipse" in Spanish is elipse. ellipse means: A closed curve shaped like a flattened circle, made up of every point whose distances to two fixed points add up to the same total.
How do you use "ellipse" in a sentence?
Example: "The planets travel around the sun in an ellipse, not a perfect circle." In Spanish, "ellipse" is elipse.
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