In mathematics, an ellipse is a geometrical figure.

Ellipse may also refer to:

  • MacAdam ellipse, an area in a chromaticity diagram
  • Elliptic leaf shape
  • Superellipse, a geometric figure

As a name, ellipse, elliptic, or elliptical may also be:

  • The Ellipse, an area in Washington, D.C., United States
  • Ellipse Animation, a French animation studio.
  • Elipse, a Yugoslav rock band
  • Ellipse, a 2009 album by Imogen Heap
  • "Ellipse", a song from the album In Silence We Yearn by Oh Hiroshima
  • Explorer Ellipse, an American homebuilt aircraft design
  • La société Ellipse, a French aircraft manufacturer
  • Elliptic, a British blockchain analytics firm
  • Elliptical trainer, a stationary exercise machine

Similar terms

  • Ellipsis, a punctuation mark
  • Ellipsis, a rhetorical suppression of words to give an expression more liveliness
  • Eclipse, an astronomical event
  • Ellipsoid, a two-dimensional surface analogous to the one-dimensional ellipse curve

See also

  • Ellipsis (disambiguation)
  • Elliptical (disambiguation)
  • Oval (disambiguation)