[TheForge] eliptical rings on a cone mandrel?

[Bruce Freeman]

An ellipse has a specific mathematical definition:  A*x^2 + B^y^2 = C  
where x and y are the variables spec'ing the plane.
and A, B, and C are constants.

Oval means "egg-shaped."  I think we all know what an egg looks like.

Oblong, in my experience, is a somewhat rounded-off rectangle.  Rounded
off sufficiently, it resembles an ellipse, but would still be
different.

Bruce
NJ

>>> gladish at cnw.com 11/18/2006 1:19 PM >>>

So what's the dif between an oval and an ellipse?
Is an "oval" just a way of describing any elongated roundy circly
thing, or
is there a mathematical description of an "oval"?

Andy G.


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