noun
- A closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it.
- usage: "the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant"
- synonyms: ellipse
adjective
- Rounded like an egg.
- synonyms: egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate
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