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Gardeners use them to separate areas of flowers; cabinetmakers use them for table tops. Elliptical bicycle gears make it easier for the chain to slip off of the cog when changing gears. A 'great ellipse' may be proposed as a suitable route in marine navigation. The fields of optics, computer graphics, statistics and finance, and planetary science all have their uses for ellipses. Even the architectural design of the National Statuary Hall at the United States Capitol and St. Paul's Cathedral in London are said to bear the properties of a whispering room, or whispering gallery- that is, persons standing at or near one focal point can hear quite well what others are saying to each other when they are standing at the other focal point.
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What is an example of a sentence using a grammatical ellipse?
Example: And he to England shall along with you. - Hamlet ellipse - deliberate omission of a word or of words which are readily implied by the context.
What is an eccentric circle?
For Ellipse: The 2 circles made using the the ellipse center as their center, and major and minor axis of the ellipse as the dia.For Hyperbola: 2 Circles with centers at the center of symmetry of the hyperbola and dia as the transverse and conjugate axes of the hyperbolaRead more: eccentric-circles
How can one draw a perfect ellipse?
One can create a perfect ellipse using two pins on a piece of string and a pencil. Place the pins at opposite sides and then loop the string around them. Finally place the pencil in the loops and pull it around the pins to draw the ellipse.
Can the foci's of and ellipse be outside the ellipse?
No.
Is the focus of an ellipse always inside the ellipse?
Yes, they are.
