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ellipse

ellipse / ellipse

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名詞ellipse

A plane curve surrounding two focal points such that the sum of the distances from any point on the curve to the two focal points is constant.

"The orbit of the Earth around the Sun is nearly a perfect ellipse."

名詞ellipse

A punctuation mark consisting of three dots used to indicate an omission of words from a quoted text or a pause in speech.

"The editor inserted an ellipse to shorten the long quote from the witness."

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