Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other. From LearnThat.org. [Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885) French romantic poet, novelist and dramatist]
The sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The ellipse is a curve which can be readily constructed. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Heavens] Reference
In the middle of the ellipse, which is 895x741 feet, stands the obelisk. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne] Reference
Newton was REALLY SMART it is NOT obvious that the ellipse is the solution to the differential equations. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
If the foci are identical with each other, the ellipse is a circle; if the two foci are distinct from each other, the ellipse looks like a squashed or elongated circle. From Wordnik.com. [ellipse] Reference
In the first place, we observe that the ellipse is a plane curve; that is to say, each planet must, in the course of its long journey, confine its movements to one plane. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Heavens] Reference
The term "ellipse" has been sometimes used to express the implied action of the mind during the pause -- describing an orbit of thought implied but not stated in the words. From Wordnik.com. [Expressive Voice Culture, Including the Emerson System] Reference
Tuned the "ellipse" routines to make it easier to configure. From Wordnik.com. [20 Newest Free Software Downloads - Freeware Files.com] Reference
We are like men looking only at one small segment of an ellipse which is very eccentric. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah] Reference
The word "ellipse" derives from a Greek root meaning "defect" and "falling short," as in not being a perfect circle. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News] Reference
This section consists of three high ranges that form a kind of ellipse of which the major axis is in a south-easterly direction. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent] Reference
True ellipse, a near approach to the form of, 69-72. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
Is the orbit that of an ellipse, or a circle, or a parabola?. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
Let these individuals be represented by points on an ellipse. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Mathematics Being the Original Researches of a Lady Professor of Girtham College in Polemical Science, with some Account of the Social Properties of a Conic; Equations to Brain Waves; Social Forces; and the Laws of Political Motion.] Reference
The circle described on the major axis of an ellipse, is called the. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Mathematics Being the Original Researches of a Lady Professor of Girtham College in Polemical Science, with some Account of the Social Properties of a Conic; Equations to Brain Waves; Social Forces; and the Laws of Political Motion.] Reference
I observe that England is represented mathematically by an ellipse. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Mathematics Being the Original Researches of a Lady Professor of Girtham College in Polemical Science, with some Account of the Social Properties of a Conic; Equations to Brain Waves; Social Forces; and the Laws of Political Motion.] Reference
Are we right in assuming that Ireland is a portion of that ellipse?. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Mathematics Being the Original Researches of a Lady Professor of Girtham College in Polemical Science, with some Account of the Social Properties of a Conic; Equations to Brain Waves; Social Forces; and the Laws of Political Motion.] Reference
The pencil is held vertical and moved around, tracing an ellipse as shown. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
What is the focus of a perpendicular on the tangent of an ellipse from any external point?. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Mathematics Being the Original Researches of a Lady Professor of Girtham College in Polemical Science, with some Account of the Social Properties of a Conic; Equations to Brain Waves; Social Forces; and the Laws of Political Motion.] Reference
An ellipse is a figure bounded by a continuous curve, whose nature will be shown presently. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
He peered through a medicine bottle, caught my image like a shadow of amber in the glass ellipse. From Wordnik.com. [Creatures: A Memoir] Reference
The normal at any point of an ellipse bisects the angle between the focal distances of that point. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Mathematics Being the Original Researches of a Lady Professor of Girtham College in Polemical Science, with some Account of the Social Properties of a Conic; Equations to Brain Waves; Social Forces; and the Laws of Political Motion.] Reference
That the proportion of length to width in an ellipse is determined by the distance apart of the foci. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
This method corresponds to the method of drawing an ellipse by the twine and pins, as already described. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
For example, at Palenque we often find a sign composed of a half ellipse, inside of which bars are drawn. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245] Reference
The most correct method of drawing an ellipse is by means of an instrument termed a trammel, which is shown in Figure 83. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
Kepler's First Law, the Earth and all the other planets move round the sun in orbits which are in the shape of an ellipse. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
To set the instrument, draw lines representing the major and minor axes of the required ellipse, and set off on these lines. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
That an ellipse may be given any required proportion of width to length by locating the foci at the requisite distance apart. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
The disk was an impossibly long ellipse now, surrounded by a vast array of smaller bodies, fragments and contents of the ship. From Wordnik.com. [Greylorn] Reference
The minor and major axes are at a right angle one to the other, and their point of intersection is termed the axis of the ellipse. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
In the diagram, Figure 253, we have shown a part of an ellipse whose length is ten inches, and breadth six, the figure being half size. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
'If from any point in a straight line a pair of tangents be drawn to an ellipse, the chords of contact will pass through a fixed point.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Mathematics Being the Original Researches of a Lady Professor of Girtham College in Polemical Science, with some Account of the Social Properties of a Conic; Equations to Brain Waves; Social Forces; and the Laws of Political Motion.] Reference
Their application to the present problem is shown in Figure 253, which represents a quadrant of an ellipse, the approximate arcs C D, E. From Wordnik.com. [Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught] Reference
Now the social advantages of the ellipse are given by the fact that the sum of the distances of any point from the foci is always constant. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Mathematics Being the Original Researches of a Lady Professor of Girtham College in Polemical Science, with some Account of the Social Properties of a Conic; Equations to Brain Waves; Social Forces; and the Laws of Political Motion.] Reference
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