ellipse

Summary

ellipse ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,722 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• ellipse is a type of non-degenerate conic section^[2].
• ellipse is a type of superellipse^[3].
• ellipse is a type of cartesian oval^[4].
• ellipse is a type of Lissajous curve^[5].
• ellipse is a type of hypotrochoid^[6].
• ellipse is a type of n-ellipse^[7].
• ellipse is a type of conic section^[8].
• ellipse is part of ellipsoid^[9].
• ellipse is part of conic section^[10].
• ellipse's Commons category is recorded as Ellipses^[11].
• ellipse's Unicode character is recorded as ⬭^[12].
• ellipse's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ellipses^[13].
• ellipse's Commons gallery is recorded as Ellipses^[14].
• ellipse's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[15].
• ellipse's described by source is recorded as Ellipse^[16].
• ellipse's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[17].
• ellipse's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• ellipse's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• ellipse's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language^[20].
• ellipse's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia^[21].
• ellipse's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[22].
• ellipse's has characteristic is recorded as perimeter^[23].
• ellipse's has characteristic is recorded as plane area^[24].
• ellipse's has characteristic is recorded as eccentricity^[25].
• ellipse's has characteristic is recorded as flatness^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include non-degenerate conic section^[2], superellipse^[3], cartesian oval^[4], Lissajous curve^[5], hypotrochoid^[6], and n-ellipse^[7].

Use and Application

Part of include ellipsoid^[9] and conic section^[10].

Influence

Things named for ellipse include n-ellipse^[27], a mathematical concept^[28] and Brachylaena elliptica^[29], a taxon^[30].

Why It Matters

ellipse ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,722 views/month).^[1] ellipse has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] ellipse is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for ellipse include n-ellipse^[27], a mathematical concept^[28] and Brachylaena elliptica^[29], a taxon^[30].