Definizione monolingua

ellipse

ellipse (third-person singular simple present ellipses, present participle ellipsing, simple past and past participle ellipsed)

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

   In Bs response to As question:- (A: Would you like to go out?, B: Id love to), the ellipsed words are go out.

ellipse (plural ellipses)

1. (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.

Definizione dizionario ellipse

	ellisse
	curve
	A closed curve whose shape is symetrical, such as a circle or a flattened circle.

Altri significati:

(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.

A curved planar figure, the locus of all points which have the same total distance from two fixed points called the foci.

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