| foci: "FOE-sigh"; plural of focus. | ||
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| An ellipse with high eccentricity is long and narrow, and the two foci are near the ends of the ellipse. | An ellipse with low eccentricity is more nearly circular, and the two foci are nearer the center of the ellipse. | An ellipse with zero eccentricity is a circle, and the two foci merge to a single focus at the center. |