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Noun: ellipse  i'lips
  1. A closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
    "the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant";
    - oval

Type of: conic, conic section

Encyclopedia: Ellipse

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