ellipse Ellick • ellipses · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · ellipse · · Text Latin · · Script 7 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it. Synonyms: oval. Examples: "The sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant." · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · oval · · Synonym 1 Characters · · e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C p latin small letter p U+0070 s latin small letter s U+0073