Ellipse

el-lips', n. ail oval (geom.) a figuic pro- duced by the section of a cone by a plane pa ing obliquely through the opposite sides. [L. ellipsis—(\x. ellnpsis [lit.) a defect, so called because its plane forms with the base of the cone a le angle than that of the parabola Ellipsis, tl-lip's is, [grant a figure of syntax by which a word or words arc left put and implied --pi Ellipses, ei-lij/sez. [I. —Gr. eUetpsis — n., in, and leipd, to leave Cf Eclipse Ellipsoid, el-hp'xoid, « math.) a surface, every plane section of which an ellipse. [Gr. eltripsis, and etdos, form ElUptic, eMip'nk, Elliptical, el-!iptik-al, adj. pertaining to an clhpsi oval pertaining to ellipsis having a part understood —ndv. EUip'- — tically. [Gr. elleiptikos ellnfsis Elm, m, u a well-known finest tree. [A. a. din Ger. ulme, L ulmu\ Elmy, clm'i, adj abounding with elrns.