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ellipse noun {f}

  /e.lips/
ellipse, ellipsis

ellipse noun {f}

  /e.lips/ , /ɛ(l).lips/
  • (Grammaire) Suppression d’un élément de phrase sans changement de signification
 ellipsis, ellipse

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ellipse noun

  /iˈlɪps/ , /əˈlɪps/ , /ɪˈlɪps/
  • (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.
 ellipse

ellipsis noun

  /ɪˈlɪpsɪs/
  • (typography, mathematics) A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.
 points de suspension, ellipse
  • (grammar, rhetoric) The omission of a word or phrase that can be inferred from the context.
 ellipse
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