ellipse
noun/ɪˈlɪps/
/ɪˈlɪps/
(specialist)- a regular oval shape, like a circle that has been pressed on two sidesTopics Colours and Shapesc2Word Originlate 17th cent.: via French from Latin ellipsis, from Greek elleipsis, from elleipein ‘leave out’.
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