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Eccentricity of conic sectionsThe eccentricity of a conic section completely characterizes its shape. For example, all circles have zero eccentricity, and all parabolas have unit eccentricity; hence, all circles (and all parabolas) have the same shape, only varying in size. (Under appropriate magnification they are indistinguishable.) In contrast, ellipses and hyperbolas vary greatly in shape.
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