楕円
だえん · daen · JLPT N2 · noun
ellipse
🥚 楕円 = 楕 (oblong) + 円 (circle): an oblong circle, stretched round
楕 alone means oblong or oval, and 円 means circle. Put them together and you get a circle stretched along one axis, the shape of an egg.
だえん · daen · JLPT N2 · noun
ellipse
🥚 楕円 = 楕 (oblong) + 円 (circle): an oblong circle, stretched round
楕 alone means oblong or oval, and 円 means circle. Put them together and you get a circle stretched along one axis, the shape of an egg.