ellipse
ellipse
Definition
el·lipse (e lips′, i-)
noun pl. -·lip′·ses′--sēz′
Geom. the path of a point that moves so that the sum of its distances from two fixed points, the foci, is constant; closed curve formed by the section of a cone cut by a plane less steeply inclined than the side of the cone
Etymology: ModL ellipsis < Gr elleipsis, a defect, ellipse < elleipein, to fall short < en-, in + leipein, to leave (see loan): so named from falling short of a perfect circle
ellipse
Synonyms
ellipse
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- draw: Your ruler should look like this: Figure 9: A ruler for drawing the ellipse.
- fill: Fish farms are represented by the filled rectangular block, with the areas of impacted seabed denoted by the filled ellipses.
- describe: The actual length of the longer of the two ellipses described by the stem was about.14 of an inch.
- create: Using the Ellipse Tool, create a circular ellipse roughly 20 pixels in diameter on the left edge of the stage.
- make: The tricky part is making an ellipse at a point different from the origin.
- elongate: The shadow on the Earth's surface was a very elongated ellipse in these places.
Preposition: at
- point: The tricky part is making an ellipse at a point different from the origin.
Adjective modifier
- irregular: The number of irregular ellipses or circles made within a given time differs much with different species.
- narrow: The tendrils are moderately thin and long; one made a narrow ellipse in 5 hrs.
- full: Parameters: w - The overall width of the full ellipse of which this arc is a partial section.
- small: The smaller ellipse include the position of thin disk stars, the larger one that of thick disk stars.
- axis-aligned: BBC BASIC for Windows can draw only axis-aligned ellipses; to draw an angled ellipse use the ELLIPSE library routines.
- vertical: Figure 6 - Start with a vertical ellipse Choose Arrange, Convert to Curves ( CTRL + Q ).
Modifies a noun
- layer: Click on the text layer ( the ellipse layer should be still switched off ) to select it.
- parameter: The ellipse parameter data is followed by the associated Fourier descriptor values for each profile.
- tool: The geometry tools include filled and empty rectangle and ellipse tools and tools for drawing joined and radial lines.
- lifeline: Figure 3: Increase the ellipse lifeline to cover 30 frames in the Timeline.
Noun used with modifier
- uncertainty: Three test points are shown with their uncertainty ellipses.
- error: This quantity is equal to the width of the error ellipse orthogonal to the visibility vector.
- polarization: Therefore, all that is needed to produce a sensitive refractive index sensor is a sensitive measure of the rotation of the polarization ellipse.
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