This image may not be used in educational posters Ellipse, computer artwork. An ellipse is is a closed geometric figure (pink) formed when a plane (re

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This image may not be used in educational posters Ellipse, computer artwork. An ellipse is is a closed geometric figure (pink) formed when a plane (red) intersects a cone (green) but fails to cross the base of the cone.

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Size: 4180px × 4180px
Photo credit: © RUSSELL KIGHTLEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: artwork, cone, conic, ellipse, elliptical, geometric, geometry, illustration, intersecting, mathematical, mathematics, maths, oval, plane, section, shape