Ellipse Vocab

The shorter axis of symmetry

• co-vertex

• focus

• minor axis

• major axis

the set of all points in a plane such that the sum of the distances from 2 foci to any point on the ellipse is constant

• center

• ellipse

• parabola

• horizontal

ellipse where the major axis if parallel to the y-axis

• co-vertex

• horizontal ellipse

• vertical ellipse

• major axis

ellipse where the major axis if parallel to the x-axis

• co-vertex

• horizontal ellipse

• vertical ellipse

• major axis

one of 3 fixed points within an ellipse such that the sum of distances from the points to any point on the ellipse is constant

• vertx

• co-vertex

• center

• focus

The intersection of the major and minor axes.

• focus

• co-vertex

• center

• vertex

For an ellipse, the intercepts on the minor axis

• co-vertex

• vertex

• focus

• center

For an ellipse, the intercepts on the major axis

• co-vertex

• vertex

• focus

• center

The longer axis of symmetry--the axis that contains the foci

• horizontal ellipse

• vertical ellipse

• major axis

• minor axis