Examples of deficit in a sentence. 1  The government is facing a deficit of $3 billion. 2  We will reduce the federal budget deficit. 3  The team overcame a four-point deficit to win the game.  She has a slight hearing deficit in her left ear.
The larger objects is at one of the two foci. For example, the Sun is at one of the foci of Earth's elliptical orbit. If the eccentricity of an ellipse is large, the foci are far apart. If the eccentricity is small, the foci are close together.et's take a look at the mathematical definition of an ellipse. First, place two points on a plane; these will be the foci of the ellipse. Now, pick a distance that is larger than the distance between the two foci. We'll call that distance 2a, for reasons that will become clear in a minute.
The length of the semi-major axis is a and the length of the whole major axis is 2a, and the distance between the foci is 2c. The three letters are related by the equation b2 = a2  c2 or, alternatively (depending on your book or instructor), by the equation b2 + c2 = a2.