ellipse

English Thesaurus

1. a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it (noun.shape)

hypernym	:	conic, conic section,
definition	:	(geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone (noun.shape)

hyponym	:	circle,
definition	:	ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point (noun.shape)

derivation	:	egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate,
definition	:	rounded like an egg (adj.all)

derivation	:	egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate,
definition	:	rounded like an egg (adj.all)