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S vs Ellipse - What's the difference?

s | ellipse |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun ellipse is

ellipse.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .
  • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
  • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    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 ----