In mathematics, an ellipse is a plane curve surrounding two focal points, such that for all points on the curve, the sum of the two distances to the focal...
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Look up ellipse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In mathematics, an ellipse is a geometrical figure. Ellipse may also refer to: MacAdam ellipse, an area...
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The Ellipse, sometimes referred to as President's Park South, is a 52-acre (21 ha) park south of the White House fence and north of Constitution Avenue...
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Look up ellipses in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ellipses is the plural form of two different English words: Ellipse, a type of conic section in geometry...
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Kepler's laws of planetary motion (redirect from Kepler ellipse)
velocities vary. The three laws state that: The orbit of a planet is an ellipse with the Sun at one of the two foci. A line segment joining a planet and...
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Ellipsis (redirect from Horizontal ellipses)
The ellipsis (/əˈlɪpsɪs/, plural ellipses; from Ancient Greek: ἔλλειψις, élleipsis, lit. 'leave out'), rendered ..., alternatively described as suspension...
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Eccentricity (mathematics) (section Ellipses)
The eccentricity of a circle is 0. The eccentricity of a non-circular ellipse is between 0 and 1. The eccentricity of a parabola is 1. The eccentricity...
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terms of integrals or series have been given for the perimeter of an ellipse. An ellipse is defined by two axes: the major axis (the longest diameter) of...
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Ellipsanime (redirect from Le Studio Ellipse)
Ellipse and Ellipse Programme) is a French animation studio that produces television programs and its part of entertainment production group Ellipse Animation...
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Semi-major and semi-minor axes (section Ellipse)
In geometry, the major axis of an ellipse is its longest diameter: a line segment that runs through the center and both foci, with ends at the two most...
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Circumference (section Ellipse)
circumferēns 'carrying around, circling') is the perimeter of a circle or ellipse. The circumference is the arc length of the circle, as if it were opened...
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section are the hyperbola, the parabola, and the ellipse; the circle is a special case of the ellipse, though it was sometimes considered a fourth type...
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Ellipse Animation is a French entertainment group and animation production studio that is a subsidiary of media publishing and entertainment conglomerate...
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Ellipse is the third studio album from British singer-songwriter Imogen Heap. After returning from a round the world writing trip, Heap completed the...
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In the study of color vision, a MacAdam ellipse is roughly a region on a chromaticity diagram which contains all colors which are indistinguishable to...
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Tissot's indicatrix (redirect from Tissot's ellipse)
cartography, a Tissot's indicatrix (Tissot indicatrix, Tissot's ellipse, Tissot ellipse, ellipse of distortion) (plural: "Tissot's indicatrices") is a mathematical...
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of a parabola is its directrix (proof: see below), The orthoptic of an ellipse x 2 a 2 + y 2 b 2 = 1 {\displaystyle {\tfrac {x^{2}}{a^{2}}}+{\tfrac {y^{2}}{b^{2}}}=1}...
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ellipse about one of its principal axes; in other words, an ellipsoid with two equal semi-diameters. A spheroid has circular symmetry. If the ellipse...
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On the Ellipse is the sixth album by Bardo Pond and first for ATP Recordings. It was released on July 8, 2003. Heather Phares of Allmusic called the album...
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Elliptical polarization (redirect from Polarization ellipse)
radiation such that the tip of the electric field vector describes an ellipse in any fixed plane intersecting, and normal to, the direction of propagation...
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Ellipsoidal dome (redirect from Ellipse dome)
an ellipse around the long axis of the ellipse; an oblate ellipsoidal dome is derived by rotating an ellipse around the short axis of the ellipse. Of...
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Area (redirect from Area of an ellipse)
r^{2}.} The formula for the area enclosed by an ellipse is related to the formula of a circle; for an ellipse with semi-major and semi-minor axes x and y...
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Imogen Heap (section 2007–2010: Ellipse)
for Ellipse's eclecticism and electronic/natural elements: Phares, Heather (21 July 2009). "Ellipse Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 May 2025. Ellipse is...
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used in defining conic sections, the four types of which are the circle, ellipse, parabola, and hyperbola. In addition, two foci are used to define the...
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The circle–ellipse problem in software development (sometimes called the square–rectangle problem) illustrates several pitfalls which can arise when using...
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Line segment (section As a degenerate ellipse)
segments congruent. A line segment can be viewed as a degenerate case of an ellipse, in which the semiminor axis goes to zero, the foci go to the endpoints...
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Apollonius. The first theorem is that a closed conic section (i.e. an ellipse) is the locus of points such that the sum of the distances to two fixed...
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measure of the compression of a circle or sphere along a diameter to form an ellipse or an ellipsoid of revolution (spheroid) respectively. Other terms used...
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cross section is either an ellipse, or is empty, or is reduced to a single point (this explains the name, meaning "ellipse-like"). It is bounded, which...
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definition, which may include either one or two axes of symmetry of an ellipse. In common English, the term is used in a broader sense: any shape which...
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