ellipse

“The central space is simply a regular ellipse, and the walls that surround it are vertical,” he would later recall.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2024

It’s almost a circle, with a small but significant deviation from Euclidean perfection that actually makes Earth’s orbit a slightly squashed oval—that is, an ellipse.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 30, 2023

The sun doesn’t sit at the center of Earth’s ellipse but instead at one focus, a point along the long, or “major,” axis.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 30, 2023

The Lightguide bulbs come in three shapes — large globe, ellipse, and triangular — and are about 8 inches tall.

From The Verge ● Sep. 1, 2022

All of a sudden, the ellipse opens up and becomes a parabola.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Hide location: To temporarily shield your location without notifying them, go to Find My > People, select a contact, tap the ellipses and choose Hide Location.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Known by his colleagues as the “poet of iron,” Serra became world-renowned for his large-scale steel structures, such as monumental arcs, spirals and ellipses.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2024

In the simulations the researchers observed ellipses, triangles and squares.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2023

“Everyone was aware of the ellipses that my mom left after ‘knew.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2023

I lost myself in the rhythm of the strokes, my arms tracing long ellipses in the air as if pulling something toward me that refused to come.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs