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Ellipse vs Lilith - What's the difference?

ellipse | lilith |

As a noun ellipse

is ellipse.

As a proper noun lilith is

(mythology) a mesopotamian storm demon, a bearer of disease and death; also the first wife of adam in jewish folklore.

ellipse

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geometry) 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.
  • Synonyms

    * oval (in non-technical use )

    Verb

    (ellips)
  • (grammar) To remove from a phrase a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated.
  • In B's response to A's question:- (A: Would you like to go out?, B: I'd love to), the words that are ellipsed are go out.

    See also

    * circle * conic section * hyperbola * parabola ----

    lilith

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun) (wikipedia Lilith)
  • (mythology) A Mesopotamian storm demon, a bearer of disease and death; also the first wife of Adam in Jewish folklore.
  • (astrology) The "dark moon" or "black moon", not an actual phase of the moon but the empty focus of the ellipse described by its orbit.
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