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An ellipse is the locus of a point such that the sum of its distance from two fixed points is the same. The shape is like a stretched circle but its circumference does not become a straight line.
An oval is an imprecise term for all kinds of "stretched" circles. The word is derived from ova = egg so an oval could have the shape of the cross section of an egg; it could be an ellipse or it could be like a running track, which consists of two semi-circles with parallel straight sections.
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What is the difference between an ellipse and an oval?
An ellipse always has two axes of reflection; an oval has one or more.So, an egg-shape is an oval, but not an ellipse.In short an ellipse is an oval, but an oval may or may not be an ellipse.
What is an ellipse shape?
An elipse is like a circle that is a bit flattened.an ellipse is an oval.
What do you call a stretched circle?
An oval. Or an ellipse.
What is a simple closed curve similar to an oval?
An ELLIPSE.
What is an elongates circle or oval shape called?
Any ellipse is an oval shape. But all ovals are not all ellipses, some are nothing in particular.
How is a circle and an oval different from each other?
An oval is an ellipse
What is the difference between a circlee and an ellipse?
A circle is perfectly round and an ellipse is oval.
What is an elogated circle or oval shape called?
It is called an oval - which is not the same as an ellipse.
Another name for an oval shape?
Ellipse.
What is an elongated circle or oval called?
Ellipse
Which shape has no edges?
Circle and an ellipse (oval).
What is the word for a flattened oval shape?
ellipse
