Assertion: ellipse | /r/HasSubevent | shadow
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text: As nouns the difference between ellipse and eclipse is that ellipse is (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 while eclipse is (astronomy) an alignment of astronomical objects in which a planetary object (for example, the moon) comes between the sun and another planetary object (for example, the earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.