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Ellipse vs Semimajor - What's the difference?

ellipse | semimajor |

As a noun ellipse

is ellipse.

As an adjective semimajor is

(geometry) of or pertaining to the semimajor axis, the long axis of an ellipse.

ellipse

English

(wikipedia 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.

    Related terms

    * ellipsis * ellipsoid * elliptic * elliptical

    See also

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

    semimajor

    English

    Alternative forms

    *semi-major

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (geometry) Of or pertaining to the semimajor axis, the long axis of an ellipse
    • a semimajor radius
  • Less than major, but still significant
  • *{{quote-book, 1997, Harlan Coben, Drop Shot citation
    • , passage=He waited by court sixteen, a semimajor court. It had the most seating next to the Stadium and Grandstand, though less than most high school gyms. }}

    Related terms

    *semiminor