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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">ellipses</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>oval</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>elliptical</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>ellipsoid</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>plane figures</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>ellipse</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Geometric plane figures produced when a cone is cut obliquely by a plane taking a smaller angle with the base than the side of the cone makes with the base; the form is symmetric about its horizontal and vertical axes. ]]></note></mads>