User talk:MCrawford

terminology

It appears that i began the ellipse page with the term "locus" in the first line, but defined that merely as "set" in the appositive following it. Later, i used words like "far end" and "closer end" to help define the semimajor and -minor axes. I forgot middle schoolers would be reading this as well. Would it be okay then to describe things like that and just use the fancy terms at the end?

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It's probably best to divide the article in half. Define it in a "nice" way for the students who will be reading about it for the first time. Later, define it again.--MCrawford 20:54, 19 June 2006 (EDT)