Assertion: verb ellipse | /r/HasProperty | shaped like ellipse
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text: As a verb ellipse is (grammar) to remove from a phrase a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated. is thatis (mathematics) a surface, all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular (includes the sphere) whileis (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.is shaped like an ellipse; elliptical.(grammar) to remove from a phrase a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated.