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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

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

Full definition of ellipse

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

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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