Ellipse vs Rhombus - What's the difference?
ellipse | rhombus |
(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.
(grammar) To remove from a phrase a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated.
* 1638 , , Some Yeares Travels , I:
(geometry) A parallelogram having all sides of equal length. it is a square with the corners pulled so the angles are all acute
In geometry terms the difference between ellipse and rhombus
is that ellipse 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 while rhombus is a parallelogram having all sides of equal length. it is a square with the corners pulled so the angles are all acute.As a verb ellipse
is to remove from a phrase a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated.ellipse
English
(wikipedia ellipse)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* oval (in non-technical use )Verb
(ellips)- 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 ----rhombus
English
(fish) (wikipedia rhombus)Noun
(en-noun)- the greedy Tuberon'' or ''Shark'' arm'd with a double row of venemous teeth pursues them, directed by a little ''Rhombus'' , ''Musculus or pilot-fish that scuds to and fro to bring intelligence [...].