What is the difference between a circle and an ellipse?

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Zor Shekhtman
Feb 14, 2016

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Explanation:

Definition
Circle is a locus of all points on a plane equidistant from one particular point called its center.
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Definition
Ellipse is a locus of all points on a plain, whose sum of distances of two particular points called focuses is the same.
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In a particular case when two focuses of an ellipse coincide with each other an ellipse becomes a circle with a center at the same point.

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