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Albanian
Noun
elips m
Further reading
- “elips”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language], 1980
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch ellips (“ellipse”), from Latin ellipsis, based on Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis, “omission”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈelips/ [ˈe.lips]
- Rhymes: -elips
- Syllabification: e‧lips
Noun
- ellipse
- (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.
- (grammar) ellipsis, the removal from a phrase of a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated.
Related terms
Further reading
- “elips”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
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Turkish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
elips (definite accusative elipsi, plural elipsler)
Declension
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