ellipse in Arabic
إِهْلِيلَج ʔihlīlaj
/ɪˈlɪps/US/ɪˈlɪps/
ellipse in Arabic: إِهْلِيلَج (ʔihlīlaj), قَطْعٌ نَاقِص (qaṭʕun nāqiṣ). In English, ellipse means 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.
Arabic words for ellipse
- curve
- إِهْلِيلَج ʔihlīlaj, قَطْعٌ نَاقِص qaṭʕun nāqiṣ
English meaning of ellipse
- noun 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.
- verb To remove from a phrase a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated.
ellipse in a sentence
- Near-synonym: oval (synonymous in non-technical use)
- In B's response to A's question:- (A: Would you like to go out?, B: I'd love to), the words that are ellipsed are go out.
Synonyms of ellipse
- oval[Appendix:Glossary
- President's Park South
ellipse in other languages
Questions about ellipse in Arabic
- What is the meaning of ellipse in Arabic?
- Ellipse in Arabic is إِهْلِيلَج (ʔihlīlaj), قَطْعٌ نَاقِص (qaṭʕun nāqiṣ).
- ما معنى كلمة ellipse؟
- Ellipse: إِهْلِيلَج (ʔihlīlaj), قَطْعٌ نَاقِص (qaṭʕun nāqiṣ).
- What does ellipse mean in English?
- Ellipse means 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.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ellipse (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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