How do you use Ellipse in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like oval or conic, plus the exact meaning.
Ellipse meaning
- 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.
- Ellipsis, the removal from a phrase of a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated.
Using Ellipse
- The main meaning on this page is: 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. | Ellipsis, the removal from a phrase of a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated.
- Useful related words include: oval, conic section, conic.
- In the example corpus, ellipse often appears in combinations such as: the ellipse, an ellipse, ellipse is.
Context around Ellipse
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 11 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ellipse
- In this selection, "ellipse" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, canonical, polarization, apparent, toward, directly and bisects stand out and add context to how "ellipse" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of the ellipse and a canonical ellipse with the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ellipse" sits close to words such as amnesia, amphibians and appetizers, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ellipse
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The answer, two months later, was an “ellipse” or “semi-oval”. (11 words)
A diameter of an ellipse is any chord passing through the midpoint of the ellipse. (15 words)
This ellipse has the greatest area of any ellipse tangent to all three sides of the triangle. (17 words)
Tangent property The angle containing part of the ellipse, formed at a point on the major axis by a tangent line to the ellipse and the major axis, has measure less than 45°. (33 words)
Furthermore, Alexander—who led the march alongside Alex Jones, said that he was told by Caroline Wren, Trump’s campaign finance advisor, to start the march from the parking lot behind the Ellipse. (33 words)
A polarization state can then be described in relation to the geometrical parameters of the ellipse, and its "handedness", that is, whether the rotation around the ellipse is clockwise or counter clockwise. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
A diameter of an ellipse is any chord passing through the midpoint of the ellipse.
Affine space An ellipse is also the result of projecting a circle, sphere, or ellipse in a three dimensional affine space onto a plane (flat), by parallel lines.
Any ellipse can be obtained by rotation and translation of a canonical ellipse with the proper semi-diameters.
A polarization state can then be described in relation to the geometrical parameters of the ellipse, and its "handedness", that is, whether the rotation around the ellipse is clockwise or counter clockwise.
A ray of light coming from outside the ellipse toward a focus reflects off the ellipse directly away from the other focus.
Curvature The curvature is given by Angle bisection property A local normal (perpendicular) to the ellipse at any point P on the ellipse bisects the angle to the foci.
Drawing with Bézier paths Composite Bézier curves may also be used to draw an ellipse to sufficient accuracy, since any ellipse may be construed as an affine transformation of a circle.
Here is the center of the ellipse, and is the angle between the -axis and the major axis of the ellipse.
In this way, an ellipse becomes a parabola when a focus moves toward infinity, and when two foci of an ellipse merge into one another, a circle is formed.
It is the distance from a focus of the ellipse to the ellipse itself, measured along a line perpendicular to the major axis.
Polarization ellipse At a fixed point in space (or for fixed z), the electric vector traces out an ellipse in the x-y plane.
Tangent property The angle containing part of the ellipse, formed at a point on the major axis by a tangent line to the ellipse and the major axis, has measure less than 45°.
The distance to the focal point from the center of the ellipse is sometimes called the linear eccentricity, f, of the ellipse.
The seal is elliptical, with the name "Garrett County" inscribed above the upper fourth of the ellipse, and "Maryland 1872" inscribed below the lower fourth of the ellipse.
The two foci or focal points of an ellipse are two special points F 1 and F 2 on the ellipse's major axis that are equidistant from the center point.
This ellipse has the greatest area of any ellipse tangent to all three sides of the triangle.
This ellipse is known as the apparent ellipse, and is the projection of the actual elliptical orbit of the secondary with respect to the primary on the plane of the sky.
From the brand’s fall 2023 collection, Gaga accessorized her tailored outfit with the Jimmy Choo Ellipse clutch.
Furthermore, Alexander—who led the march alongside Alex Jones, said that he was told by Caroline Wren, Trump’s campaign finance advisor, to start the march from the parking lot behind the Ellipse.
The answer, two months later, was an “ellipse” or “semi-oval”.
Common combinations with ellipse
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the ellipse 44×
- an ellipse 38×
- ellipse is 14×
- ellipse and 13×
- ellipse in 8×
- ellipse with 8×
- polarization ellipse 4×
- any ellipse 3×
- ellipse at 3×
- this ellipse 3×