ellipse
/ɪ'lɪps/
noun
7 letters2 syllables9 points in Scrabble®12 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS1
NOUN
1
A closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it.
“the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant”
WORD FORMS
Related formelliptic
Related formelliptical
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®9 points
Words With Friends®12 points
Double word18 points
Triple word27 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinellipseway
Starts & ends withE … E
Syllablesel · lipse
SYNONYMS & RELATED3
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