elliptical
Example Sentences
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Supermoon's occur because the Moon's orbit around Earth is not perfectly circular, but slightly elliptical - meaning it is sometimes closer to us than at other times.
From BBC
The Moon does not orbit the earth in a perfect circle but has more of an egg-shaped, elliptical orbit.
From BBC
More than 100 of Cheever’s stories appeared in the New Yorker from the 1940s into the 1980s, making him a sort of ambassador for that magazine’s brand of polished, elliptical fiction.
The Moon's orbit around the Earth is not circular but elliptical, meaning that the distance between the two varies throughout the year.
From BBC
The Moon has an elliptical orbit and when it is at its closest point to the Earth we say that it is in perigee.
From BBC
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