In mathematics, an ellipse is a geometrical figure. Ellipse may also refer to: MacAdam ellipse, an area in a chromaticity diagram Elliptic leaf shape Superellipse, a geometric figure As a name, it may also be: The Ellipse, an area in Washington, D.C., United States Ellipse Programmé, a French animation studio Elipse, a Yugoslav rock band Ellipse, a 2009 album by Imogen Heap "Ellipse", a song from the album In Silence We Yearn by Oh Hiroshima Explorer Ellipse, an American homebuilt aircraft design La société Ellipse, a French aircraft manufacturer Similar terms Ellipsis, a punctuation mark Ellipsis, a rhetorical suppression of words to give an expression more liveliness Eclipse, an astronomical event Elliptical (trainer), a stationary exercise machine See also Ellipsis (disambiguation) Oval (disambiguation)